July 28 2022

John Krull commentary: Across the nation, ‘Hoosiers are a preview of coming attractions’

Sacramento, California — Indiana followed me across the country. Most places I stopped as I meandered my way to the west coast, people along my route asked what was going on in my home state. A woman at a bookstore in Iowa City says she had been getting action alerts and up “...”

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July 28 2022

‘You care about power’: Democrats decry abortion bill now headed for Senate debate

After its passage in committee Tuesday, the Indiana Senate on Wednesday officially adopted the committee report on the controversial bill to restrict abortion, setting the stage for floor debate to begin Thursday. The motion to accept the report prevailed in a 35-9 vote along par “...”

July 27 2022

Abortion bill advances to full Senate after hours of emotional testimony and debate

Indiana’s Senate Bill 1, a total ban on abortion with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, narrowly made it out of committee Tuesday despite having a Republican majority. As the Indiana Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee wrapped up a combined “...”

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July 26 2022

Voting rights groups allege Tippecanoe County violated registration laws

By: Leslie Bonilla Muniz Indiana Capital Chronicle July 25, 2022 The League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette and elections watchdog Common Cause Indiana on Thursday filed an administrative complaint with the Indiana Election Division, alleging Tippecanoe County’s election “...”

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July 26 2022

VP Harris professes support for Hoosier women in abortion-rights visit

By: Leslie Bonilla Muniz Indiana Capital Chronicle July 25, 2022 Vice President Kamala Harris (above, center) condemned Indiana Republicans’ near-total abortion ban proposal in her high-profile visit to Indianapolis Monday — the first real day of a special legislative sessio “...”

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July 26 2022

Special session likely to ban abortion begins with day of raucous protest

Nobody seemed happy with Senate Bill 1 at the Indiana Statehouse on Monday. Hundreds of pro- and anti-abortion protestors argued, chanted, stomped and waved signs both inside and outside the Statehouse as lawmakers began a special session expected to ban abortion in Indiana. Hour “...”

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July 22 2022

Abortion ban legislation is likely already in final form, says analyst

One of the state’s leading political analysts believes Republican leadership already has enough votes to pass Senate Bill 1 in its current form but there will be attempts to amend it. On Wednesday, Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, and Sen. Sue Glick, R-LaGr “...”

July 20 2022

Proposed abortion ban to allow exceptions, would not increase criminal penalties

Indiana’s Senate Bill 1 proposes a total ban on abortions with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, and Sen. Sue Glick, R-LaGrange, held a press conference Wednesday in the Senate Chamber to release the mu “...”

July 20 2022

Study says a state abortion ban will worsen already-existing harms

Indiana University professors along with clinicians from Kentucky and Ohio conducted a survey of pregnant Hoosiers’ experiences when seeking abortions. The study, conducted from June 2021 to May 2022, “foreshadows worsening harms” as the Indiana General Assembly is expected “...”

July 17 2022

John Krull commentary: A time for adults to be adults

Someday—soon, I hope—the fever will break, and we will find ourselves asking the same questions about this delirious, delusional age. Why were we so crazy?, we will ask. Why did we have to be so mean? The saga of the 10-year-old girl who was raped and had to travel to Indiana “...”