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INDIANAPOLIS — Doctors soon may be required by the state of Indiana to provide women seeking a pill-induced abortion with medical advice that is not supported by any scientific study.

The Republican-controlled Indiana House voted 53-41 Monday for House Bill 1128, mandating doctors tell their patients that a pill-induced abortion possibly can be "reversed."

State Rep. Ron Bacon, R-Chandler, the sponsor, said he's researched the issue and found numerous anecdotal reports of women who promptly received progesterone injections continuing their pregnancies despite taking the first of two abortion pills.

He said women deserve to know abortion "reversal" is a "safe and effective" possibility, even though he admitted it's never been scientifically tested, and at least half the known attempts were unsuccessful.

Bacon's proposal was endorsed by state Rep. Ben Smaltz, R-Auburn, who likened it to Indiana's right-to-try statute that allows terminally ill Hoosiers to use experimental drugs or treatments that still are awaiting federal approval.

Pregnancy generally is not considered a terminal illness.

State Rep. Linda Lawson, D-Hammond, led the bipartisan opposition to the proposal, which she declared "bunk" and "absolutely insane."