A new law going into effect in Indiana on Friday will require that pregnant women seeking an abortion have an ultrasound performed at least 18 hours before undergoing the procedure.The law was first signed by then-Gov. Mike Pence (R) in 2016. Since then, it's been at the center of a years-long battle, facing legal challenges.A suit from Planned Parenthood challenging the law alleged that the required ultrasound would crowd clinics that did not.
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Local lawyer who ran for prosecutor named deputy AG
1/1/21 2:45 AM
Indiana Attorney General-elect Todd Rokita has named Inspector General Lori Torres as chief deputy attorney general and chief of staff.
Torres, a Whiteland resident, was appointed to serve as inspector general in 2017 by Gov. Eric Holcomb.
She ran unsuccessfully for Johnson County prosecutor last year, after former prosecutor Brad Cooper was charged with multiple felonies stemming from a domestic battery incident at his Trafalgar home and eventually removed from office.
At the time, she cited an absence of leadership, integrity, professionalism and work ethic combined with a lack of respect and accountability at the highest level of the prosecutor’s office for a long period of time as the reason an outside leader was needed, and said she had the record necessary to serve as the prosecutor that the county expects and deserves.
The former Indiana abortion doctor who kept more than 2,400 fetal remains violated state law, but he cannot be charged with a crime or medical misconduct because he is dead.
Authorities in Indiana have wrapped up an investigation into Ulrich Klopfer, a late abortion doctor who had more than 2,400 “medically preserved” fetal remains hidden on his Will County,. US News Summaries. | Newser