Law effectively wipes out abortion access for 1.5m people in the state, which was a safe haven for those seeking the procedure
A sweeping abortion ban went into effect in Indiana on Thursday, containing only extremely narrow exceptions for medical emergencies, rape and incest and making it the latest state to largely outlaw the procedure in the US.
The ban is being challenged in court by the ACLU and several abortion care providers, with hearings set to start on 19 September.
This story was updated on 15 September 2022 to remove Ohio from the list of states with current near-total abortion bans, following a state supreme court suspension of the measure.
