Indiana Judge Rules There’s A Religious Right To Kill Babies In Abortions

In Indiana, a Marion County Superior Court judge issued a permanent injunction March 5 blocking enforcement of Indiana’s abortion ban on the outrageous claim that there is a so-called religious right to kill babies in abortions.

The judge blocked the ban for a certified class of people who claim killing a baby in an abortion is an exercise of their religious beliefs.

The ruling is prompting sharp criticism from pro-life advocates, who called the decision a perversion of religious freedom protections.

Judge Christina R. Klineman ruled that the state’s 2022 abortion law violates Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act by substantially burdening the religious exercise of the plaintiffs. The class includes members of Hoosier Jews for Choice and others whose beliefs hold that a woman’s mental or physical health takes precedence over the right to life of an unborn child. Never mind that abortions have been linked for decades to depression, suicide and adverse mental health problems.