INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Senate on Tuesday approved new restrictions aimed at clinics that offer the abortion pill, requiring them to perform ultrasounds on women seeking the drugs.
Doctors' offices would be exempt from the provisions, even if those physicians sometimes prescribe abortion pills. Opponents contend the restrictions unfairly target poor women and are meant to complicate and invade women's personal health decisions.
Senators voted 33-16 in favor of the proposal. The vote came a day after the Senate removed from the bill a provision that would have required a second ultrasound exam on women during follow-up visits after receiving the drugs.
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