Mike Pence's signature piece of legislation may have accidentally protected abortion rights in his home state of Indiana.
, filed on behalf of five unnamed plaintiffs — three Jews, one Muslim, and one whose belief system is described as “universal consciousness” — as well as the organization Hoosier Jews for Choice, asserts that Indiana’s near-total abortion ban violates their sincere religious beliefs.
A judge on Tuesday agreed, finding that there is a large enough group of potential plaintiffs in Indiana with the same objections to the law as the existing plaintiffs for the challenge to proceed as a class action lawsuit.
If his signature achievement ends up as the basis for protecting abortion access in Indiana, it is unlikely to be welcome news for Pence. The former vice president, who announced last week , holds the most regressive views on abortion of anyone currently in the GOP field. When the Supreme Court issued its decision in” until abortion is outlawed in every state. A spokesman for Pence did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the lawsuit.
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