WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:04:20" NOTE recognizability:0.804 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.752557578571429 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.568 For inviting us in tonight at 5, NOTE Confidence: 0.752557578571429 00:00:01.570 --> 00:00:03.354 we want to start with this win for NOTE Confidence: 0.752557578571429 00:00:03.354 --> 00:00:05.188 advocates of abortion rights first thing. NOTE Confidence: 0.752557578571429 00:00:05.190 --> 00:00:07.035 This morning, an Indiana judge NOTE Confidence: 0.752557578571429 00:00:07.035 --> 00:00:08.880 went ahead and reversed our NOTE Confidence: 0.752557578571429 00:00:08.950 --> 00:00:11.120 state's near total abortion ban, at NOTE Confidence: 0.902935489230769 00:00:11.130 --> 00:00:12.129 least for now. NOTE Confidence: 0.902935489230769 00:00:12.129 --> 00:00:13.794 That means abortion clinics could NOTE Confidence: 0.902935489230769 00:00:13.794 --> 00:00:15.490 resume providing that service today. NOTE Confidence: 0.902935489230769 00:00:15.490 --> 00:00:17.408 So our 13 news team has been NOTE Confidence: 0.902935489230769 00:00:17.408 --> 00:00:19.129 digging into this topic all day, NOTE Confidence: 0.902935489230769 00:00:19.130 --> 00:00:20.550 and we have several reports. NOTE Confidence: 0.902935489230769 00:00:20.550 --> 00:00:23.266 OK, we're checking in with abortion clinics, NOTE Confidence: 0.902935489230769 00:00:23.270 --> 00:00:24.582 checking with abortion opponents, NOTE Confidence: 0.902935489230769 00:00:24.582 --> 00:00:27.460 and of course with the legal experts as well. NOTE Confidence: 0.742152121 00:00:27.470 --> 00:00:28.989 But we want to start with our NOTE Confidence: 0.742152121 00:00:28.989 --> 00:00:30.334 Sierra Putman tonight. She's been. NOTE Confidence: 0.742152121 00:00:30.334 --> 00:00:32.069 Tracking this lawsuit and breaks NOTE Confidence: 0.742152121 00:00:32.069 --> 00:00:33.899 down what today's ruling means. NOTE Confidence: 0.815263047777778 00:00:40.300 --> 00:00:41.665 Judge Kelsey Hanlon, NOTE Confidence: 0.815263047777778 00:00:41.665 --> 00:00:43.940 16 page decision means elective NOTE Confidence: 0.815263047777778 00:00:43.940 --> 00:00:46.033 abortions are now once more NOTE Confidence: 0.815263047777778 00:00:46.033 --> 00:00:47.883 legal and allowed in Indiana. NOTE Confidence: 0.815263047777778 00:00:47.890 --> 00:00:49.618 She cited with the ACLU's argument NOTE Confidence: 0.815263047777778 00:00:49.618 --> 00:00:51.959 that the new law is unconstitutional, NOTE Confidence: 0.815263047777778 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:53.615 impacting the Liberty and privacy NOTE Confidence: 0.815263047777778 00:00:53.615 --> 00:00:54.939 of women and girls. NOTE Confidence: 0.815263047777778 00:00:54.940 --> 00:00:56.836 We spoke to IU law professors NOTE Confidence: 0.815263047777778 00:00:56.836 --> 00:00:58.559 Jennifer Drobach and Jody Madeira NOTE Confidence: 0.815263047777778 00:00:58.559 --> 00:01:00.569 about the Republican judges order. NOTE Confidence: 0.764662524 00:01:00.620 --> 00:01:01.900 Judge Hanlon is a very, NOTE Confidence: 0.764662524 00:01:01.900 --> 00:01:04.396 very well respected jurist in Indiana. NOTE Confidence: 0.764662524 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:05.752 Her opinions carry weight. NOTE Confidence: 0.764662524 00:01:05.752 --> 00:01:08.228 And I think that this opinion carries NOTE Confidence: 0.764662524 00:01:08.228 --> 00:01:10.508 more weight because she authored it, NOTE Confidence: 0.847359331666667 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:11.790 Judge Hanlon wrote. NOTE Confidence: 0.847359331666667 00:01:11.790 --> 00:01:13.430 SB1 materially burdens Hoosier NOTE Confidence: 0.847359331666667 00:01:13.430 --> 00:01:15.981 women and girls right to bodily NOTE Confidence: 0.847359331666667 00:01:15.981 --> 00:01:18.066 autonomy by making that autonomy NOTE Confidence: 0.847359331666667 00:01:18.066 --> 00:01:19.833 largely contingent upon first NOTE Confidence: 0.847359331666667 00:01:19.833 --> 00:01:21.138 experiencing extreme sexual NOTE Confidence: 0.847359331666667 00:01:21.138 --> 00:01:23.313 violence or significant loss of NOTE Confidence: 0.847359331666667 00:01:23.320 --> 00:01:25.270 physical health or death. In other NOTE Confidence: 0.925696738333333 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:27.596 words, should you really have to NOTE Confidence: 0.925696738333333 00:01:27.596 --> 00:01:30.005 risk death and sexual violence in NOTE Confidence: 0.925696738333333 00:01:30.005 --> 00:01:32.363 order to have your civil rights? NOTE Confidence: 0.74228346 00:01:34.950 --> 00:01:38.946 Whoa. That's a new way of looking at this. NOTE Confidence: 0.779907116153846 00:01:40.250 --> 00:01:43.414 Doesn't mean that the ACLU and the NOTE Confidence: 0.779907116153846 00:01:43.414 --> 00:01:45.820 abortion clinics have won their case, no. NOTE Confidence: 0.779907116153846 00:01:45.820 --> 00:01:49.100 It means they want a little battle. NOTE Confidence: 0.779907116153846 00:01:49.100 --> 00:01:50.488 Attorney General Todd Rakita NOTE Confidence: 0.779907116153846 00:01:50.488 --> 00:01:52.223 released a statement saying quote NOTE Confidence: 0.779907116153846 00:01:52.223 --> 00:01:54.163 we plan to appeal and continue to NOTE Confidence: 0.779907116153846 00:01:54.163 --> 00:01:56.100 make the case for life in Indiana, NOTE Confidence: 0.779907116153846 00:01:56.100 --> 00:01:58.212 meaning the Court of Appeals or NOTE Confidence: 0.779907116153846 00:01:58.212 --> 00:02:00.090 the Indiana Supreme Court may NOTE Confidence: 0.779907116153846 00:02:00.090 --> 00:02:02.100 review the decision next and NOTE Confidence: 0.779907116153846 00:02:02.100 --> 00:02:03.708 could reverse Hanlon's decision. NOTE Confidence: 0.779907116153846 00:02:03.710 --> 00:02:05.654 Could they do it in hours or days? NOTE Confidence: 0.88320314125 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:08.557 I think it would be difficult to do in NOTE Confidence: 0.88320314125 00:02:08.557 --> 00:02:10.227 hours and I don't think they would. NOTE Confidence: 0.754793826875 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:12.328 Can Falk with the ACLU made the winning NOTE Confidence: 0.754793826875 00:02:12.328 --> 00:02:14.386 argument in front of the judge on Monday. NOTE Confidence: 0.64817419 00:02:14.440 --> 00:02:18.020 We I think we are very. Happy. NOTE Confidence: 0.64817419 00:02:18.020 --> 00:02:19.680 You know, this case concerns NOTE Confidence: 0.64817419 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:21.340 a very important privacy right NOTE Confidence: 0.64817419 00:02:21.402 --> 00:02:23.147 which the Court has recognized. NOTE Confidence: 0.800912772692308 00:02:28.320 --> 00:02:30.511 Alright, well news of the judges ruling NOTE Confidence: 0.800912772692308 00:02:30.511 --> 00:02:32.364 traveled quickly around the Hoosier state NOTE Confidence: 0.800912772692308 00:02:32.364 --> 00:02:34.380 this morning and our Rachel Cross talked NOTE Confidence: 0.800912772692308 00:02:34.432 --> 00:02:36.268 with a Doctor Who performs abortions. NOTE Confidence: 0.800912772692308 00:02:36.270 --> 00:02:38.130 Now Rachel's in studio tonight. So what NOTE Confidence: 0.909159498571429 00:02:38.140 --> 00:02:39.848 did she say about the ruling today? NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:02:39.980 --> 00:02:42.356 Well, Doctor Katie McHugh, an OBGYN, NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:43.736 an abortion care provider, NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:02:43.736 --> 00:02:45.800 says she was surprised and relieved NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:02:45.855 --> 00:02:47.517 to hear the news this morning. NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:48.484 Now she says, well, NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:02:48.484 --> 00:02:50.229 this is welcome news for pregnant people NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:02:50.229 --> 00:02:52.197 and women around the state who are seeing NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:02:52.197 --> 00:02:53.947 their bodily autonomy rights returned. NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:02:53.950 --> 00:02:55.720 They're able to now make their NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:02:55.720 --> 00:02:57.260 own healthcare decisions at least. NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:02:57.260 --> 00:02:58.685 While this legal challenge plays NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:02:58.685 --> 00:03:00.358 out in the courts, doctor McHugh, NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:00.358 --> 00:03:01.942 who had planned to move her NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:01.942 --> 00:03:03.882 practice out of state following the NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:03.882 --> 00:03:05.587 implementation of Indiana's abortion ban, NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:05.590 --> 00:03:08.068 says her plans are now on hold. NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:08.070 --> 00:03:09.846 And now that they're legally able NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:09.846 --> 00:03:11.649 to provide abortion care once again, NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:11.650 --> 00:03:13.962 they are seeing a flood of calls come NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:13.962 --> 00:03:16.470 from women seeking appointments coming in, NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:16.470 --> 00:03:18.730 their schedules filling up quickly. NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:18.730 --> 00:03:20.665 McHugh says she's grateful that NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:20.665 --> 00:03:23.037 the Indiana judge who approved the NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:23.037 --> 00:03:25.245 injunction recognized that this is what NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:25.245 --> 00:03:27.920 the majority of Hoosiers and women want. NOTE Confidence: 0.704126705 00:03:27.920 --> 00:03:29.568 This is a life NOTE Confidence: 0.914852677368421 00:03:29.580 --> 00:03:31.368 saving measure for many people who NOTE Confidence: 0.914852677368421 00:03:31.368 --> 00:03:33.294 are going to be seeking abortion NOTE Confidence: 0.914852677368421 00:03:33.294 --> 00:03:35.653 care in the next weeks and months, NOTE Confidence: 0.914852677368421 00:03:35.660 --> 00:03:37.760 and we're facing having to either leave NOTE Confidence: 0.914852677368421 00:03:37.760 --> 00:03:40.133 the state or continue a pregnancy that NOTE Confidence: 0.914852677368421 00:03:40.133 --> 00:03:42.245 they were unable to either continue NOTE Confidence: 0.914852677368421 00:03:42.310 --> 00:03:44.392 from a medical standpoint or financial NOTE Confidence: 0.914852677368421 00:03:44.392 --> 00:03:46.670 or whatever the other reasons were. NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:03:47.580 --> 00:03:50.002 I also reached out to Planned Parenthood NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:03:50.002 --> 00:03:52.130 following the judges injunction ruling. NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:03:52.130 --> 00:03:53.990 They say Indiana has become an NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:03:53.990 --> 00:03:56.032 important hub to provide abortion care NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:03:56.032 --> 00:03:57.892 to patients coming from surrounding NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:03:57.892 --> 00:03:59.826 states in recent months, saying, NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:03:59.826 --> 00:04:02.022 quote, we are very grateful that NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:04:02.022 --> 00:04:04.366 the court granted this much needed NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:04:04.366 --> 00:04:06.336 relief to patients and providers. NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:04:06.340 --> 00:04:08.530 Planned Parenthood says that they plan NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:04:08.530 --> 00:04:11.059 to resume abortion care in Indiana today. NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:04:11.060 --> 00:04:12.390 Now, As for Doctor McHugh, NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:04:12.390 --> 00:04:14.147 she says they'll be able to begin NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:04:14.147 --> 00:04:15.898 doing blood work and ultrasounds by NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:04:15.898 --> 00:04:17.776 tomorrow and plan on doing abortions. NOTE Confidence: 0.899243766666667 00:04:17.780 --> 00:04:20.000 As early as Monday.