March 6, 2026

(LifeSiteNews) — An Indiana judge blocked the enforcement of the state’s abortion ban on the grounds that abortion is a necessary exercise of “religious” beliefs.

In a Thursday court ruling, Marion County Superior Court Judge Christina R. Klineman issued a permanent injunction against Indiana’s abortion ban, which allows exceptions in cases of rape, incest, or “medical emergencies” in the first 10 weeks or fetal anomalies “incompatible with sustained life” up to 20 weeks…

An Indiana judge blocked the enforcement of the state’s abortion ban, ruling that abortion is protected as a necessary exercise of religious beliefs by anonymous plaintiffs who argue that life begins after birth and that a pregnant woman’s health must take precedence over fetal life. Despite scientific consensus that human life begins at conception, Judge Christina R. Klineman accepted these views as legitimate religious beliefs, issuing a permanent injunction based on the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which she said prohibits laws that substantially interfere with religious beliefs prioritizing the mental or physical health of the pregnant person over that of the fetus.

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