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IN SB0589

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/15/2019

Primary Sponsor

Jean Breaux

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes fundamental rights for every individual to choose or refuse contraception and sterilization, and to parent their own child
  • Grants pregnant individuals the fundamental right to choose whether to carry a pregnancy to term, give birth, place a child for adoption, or have an abortion
  • Prohibits the state from denying or interfering with these reproductive rights, including for individuals under state supervision or control
  • Specifies that fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses do not have independent legal rights in Indiana
  • Effective date: July 1, 2019

Legislative Description

Reproductive rights. States that every individual has a fundamental right to: (1) choose or refuse contraception or sterilization; (2) parent the individual's child; and (3) choose, if the individual is pregnant, whether to carry a pregnancy to term, give birth, place the child for adoption, or have an abortion. Prohibits the state from denying or interfering with the individual's specified rights. Specifies that a fertilized egg, embryo, and fetus do not have independent rights in Indiana.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

1/15/2019

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/15/2019

Full Bill Text

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