Statistics show that abortions are on the rise in the state of Indiana for the first time since nearly a decade ago in 2009.
According to NBC News, an annual report released by the Indiana State Department of Health revealed that just shy of 8,000 women opted to terminate a pregnancy during the year 2017 in the Hoosier state. Statistics show the number is just shy of 500 more women than it was in 2016.
Anti-abortion activities do not believe this is a random occurrence, but the result of a court ruling when a federal judge blocked a law Mike Pence – who was the Indiana Governor at the time – had signed 10 months prior requiring women to get an ultrasound within 18 hours of the abortion.
Anti-abortion activities believed the law made the pregnancy more “real” and deterred many from getting an abortion by requiring them to get an ultrasound and seeing the baby before aborting it.
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