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Adoption Process
The short answer is that the Indiana Supreme Court has put on hold the new law in Indiana, which was to have gone into effect on September 15, 2022. In other words, Indiana allows abortion to the same extent as prior to the enactment of the new abortion law. After it hears oral arguments in […]
If you think adoption and a baby box are your best alternatives, then you obviously want what is best for your baby. While a baby box assures the safety of your baby, it may not be the best choice for your baby or you. Consider the following: Starting with what seems most important to you […]
Indiana Code § 16-34-2-1 permits a woman to abort a baby during the first 10 weeks of her pregnancy if she got pregnant as a result of rape or incest. While Indiana’s new abortion law does not require a conviction or even a reporting of the rape or incest by the pregnant woman, Indiana Code § 16-18-2-306.7 expands the […]
Effective September 15, 2022, Indiana Code 16-34-2-1, will ban abortion in Indiana, except during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy to prevent “any serious health risk to the pregnant woman or save the pregnant woman’s life” or if “the fetus is diagnosed with a lethal fetal anomaly.” Also, a woman who got pregnant as a […]
NO! Adoption is not an alternative to abortion: it is an alternative to parenting when a birth mother is not ready to take on the lifetime commitment of raising a child. Some women get very upset at the notion that a woman who would consider abortion would naturally choose adoption. However, perhaps those women should, at […]