Indiana Court Blocks Near-Total Abortion Ban

March 6, 2026:

Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s this week’s latest.

Religious freedom wins in Indianapolis

An Indiana court permanently barred the state from enforcing its near-total abortion ban yesterday. The ACLU filed the class action lawsuit more than three years ago on the grounds that the state’s anti-abortion law violated the state Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The civil rights group argued that Judaism prioritizes the health of the pregnant person over that of the fetus. It’s unclear what yesterday’s decision means for abortion access in the state; Indiana currently completely bans abortion with limited exceptions.

U.S. prenatal care falters

Fewer Americans are getting early prenatal care, which is essential to detecting maternal or fetal health problems. A new CDC report shows that 75% of all pregnant people received first-trimester prenatal care between 2021 and 2024, a 3% drop from 2016-2021. One expert cited maternity care deserts as a potential cause. Rather than funding hospitals, though, state governments are directing millions of dollars to “crisis pregnancy centers,” reports News from the States. These anti-abortion faux clinics rarely provide prenatal care.

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Court deals blow to Ohio fetal remains law

An Ohio appeals court ruled this week that pregnant people who have procedural abortions—and the clinics that care for them—cannot be forced to bury or cremate the remains of their fetuses. The law was blocked by a county-level court after Ohio’s legislature passed it in 2020. Clinics said it would deter people from seeking abortions, and the three-justice panel agreed that the policy ran afoul of the abortion-rights amendment added into the state constitution in 2023. “Ohio voters said what they meant,” the justices wrote.

Teachers can out trans kids, SCOTUS rules

The Supreme Court this week blocked California from enforcing legislation that limited how schools notify parents about students coming out as trans. The majority opinion said the parents, who sought a religious exemption to the education policy, were exercising the First Amendment’s Free Exercise clause. In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan said the ruling is at odds with the 2022 ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade by undercutting the substantive due process argument used to justify federal abortion protection.

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