Supreme Court Rules on Indiana Abortion Restriction

Supreme Court Rules on Indiana Abortion Restriction The Court upheld a block to an Indiana law that allowed the state to prohibit abortions motivated solely by race, sex or disability. The court also ruled that the portion of the law which requires clinics to either cremate or bury fetal remains will remain intact. Vice President Mike Pence signed the Indiana bill into law in 2016 when he wasgovernor of the state. Pence tweeted his reaction to the ruling. Justice Thomas wrote that though the Supreme Court "declines to wade into these issues today, we cannot avoid them forever." Thomas also compared abortions based on race, sex or disability to "the views of the 20th Century eugenic movement." The four other conservative justices did not join Thomas in his statements.