Last week, the Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments (video of full oral arguments) in Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v. Anonymous Plaintiff 1, (IN Sup. Ct., 9/10/2026). In the case, an Indiana state trial court, invoking Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, issued a permanent injunction barring enforcement of Indiana's abortion ban against individuals whose religious exercise would be substantially burdened by the ban. A state appellate court had already decided that plaintiffs were entitled to a preliminary injunction. (See prior posting.) The state Supreme Court agreed to hear a direct appeal from the trial court's decision. WORLD reports on the oral arguments.
