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Thursday, April 12, 2018
Indiana Homicide Law Expanded To Cover Non-Abortion Killing of Fetus At Any Stage
On March 25, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed Senate Bill 203 (full text). The new law expands the state's murder and manslaughter laws to include killing of a fetus "at any stage of development". Prior law covered only killing of a fetus that has attained viability. The law does not apply to a lawfully performed abortion or to a pregnant woman who terminates her own pregnancy or kills a fetus she is carrying. Liberty Counsel issued a press release on the new law.