Some Indiana lawmakers and health care professionals are continuing calls for better access to birth control, less than a month before the state’s near-total abortion ban takes effect.

As more states pass abortion bans, an approach offering parents an alternative is gaining popularity. Baby boxes, which are built into the side of fire stations or hospitals, allow people to surrender infants anonymously.

Eli Lilly also joined other large employers, including Kroger and Amazon, in pledging to cover travel for reproductive services unavailable locally.

When an Indiana abortion provider was attacked by pundits and political leaders, the vitriol hit home for medical residents at Indianas largest teaching hospital. Many of these young doctors were certain they wanted to practice in Indiana after training. Lately, some have felt more ambivalent.

Millions of people are poised to lose access to abortion across Kentucky and parts of the Midwest pending court battles and elections. More pregnancies mean more need for prenatal care in a region already lacking.

An Ohio man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl whose case drew national attention following a doctor's comments that the child had to travel to Indiana for an abortion, an account that had led some prominent Republicans -- including Ohio's attorney general and a congressman -- to suggest it was fabricated.

A researcher who studies the long-term consequences of unwanted pregnancy on peoples lives expects abortion bans will cause the greatest hardship to people with the fewest resources.

Indiana ranks in the bottom when it comes to maternal mortality. Some providers worry that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will have further health ramifications on Hoosier women.

Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears, a Democrat, said Friday his office has no plans to prosecute women or doctors over abortions.

Overturning Roe v. Wade, as a leaked draft document indicates the U.S. Supreme Court might do, would end the constitutional right to an abortion. For Michigan OB-GYN Lisa Harris, the leak confirmed she needed to double down.