Abortion providers said a critical exception in Indiana's near-total abortion ban is vague and unclear which puts patient lives at risk. The first day of testimony in the latest legal challenge to the law largely focused on concerns around the health or life exception.

A group of abortion care providers is suing the state in a challenge against its near-total abortion ban. A three-day bench trial started Wednesday in Monroe County.

Thirteen states across the U.S., including much of the Midwest, introduced bills this year that could give some rights to embryos and fetuses usually associated with people. None passed, but people in the fertility world are concerned that lawmakers will try again and what that means for reproductive rights.

The latest national abortion count by the Society of Family Planning found an increase in the number of abortions in 2023 compared to the year prior. But the numbers vary by state with some seeing sharp decreases due to fresh restrictions and bans.

The Indiana Department of Health stopped sharing individual terminated pregnancy reports due to patient privacy concerns. But the attorney general and an anti-abortion group say this violates the states public records law. One legal expert said the requirements and privacy concerns create complicated gray areas for state officials to navigate.

The Indiana Department of Health stopped sharing individual terminated pregnancy reports, or TPRs, in December due to patient privacy concerns. The reports are completed by medical providers following an abortion in the state of Indiana, and include data about the patient and the procedure. An anti-abortion group is suing the agency saying the decision violates Indiana's public records law.

A federal court this week permanently struck down a state law that tried to ban people from telling minors about other states abortion laws without parental consent.

Both of Indiana's Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate said they're running to help restore abortion rights.

Indiana was the first state to pass new abortion restrictions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning 50 years of constitutional protections for abortion access in 2022.

The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) will no longer release individual terminated pregnancy reports following the state’s near-total abortion ban, which sharply curtailed reproductive health care access. It will still release aggregated reports.