Amy Bartner

IndyStar

The Indiana lawmakers voted last week to send Gov. Mike Pence legislation that would ban abortions sought because a fetus is diagnosed with Down syndrome or another disability.

The bill also prohibits abortions when they are sought based on the gender or race of a fetus.

Since, national and local websites have covered this controversial bill. Here are a few headlines from around the country:

Jezebel: Yet another garbage abortion bill has been passed, this time in Indiana

" 'Any other disability' is a broad spectrum that might force a woman to bring a baby to term who won't survive long past birth, potentially in great suffering, even if the pregnancy is high risk for the mother."

The Christian Post: Down syndrome babies will be protected from abortion with new Indiana law, Gov. Pence expected to sign

Pro-life voices, such as Indiana Right to Life President and CEO Mike Fichter, praised the bill.

"We are truly thankful for the passage of this historic legislation by the Indiana House and applaud the new civil rights protections this bill creates for unborn children, as well as the new provisions this bill establishes for the humane final disposition of aborted babies,' Fichter said, according to LifeNews.

Salon:While America is distracted by the Trump freakshow, Indiana just passed one of the most restrictive abortion bills in the nation

"It’s about Republican men asserting control over the bodies of women — scolding and intimidating them by proxy, while also rubbing women’s noses in their own alleged participation in infanticide."

LifeSiteNews: Indiana passes bill banning abortion for Down syndrome, gender, race

Cathie Humbarger of Indiana Right to Life told LifeSiteNews, "We certainly appreciate the action taken by the Indiana legislators, which protects the innocent lives of unborn children that have an adverse diagnosis, or whose lives are threatened because of their race or gender. And for the respectful disposition of the bodies of aborted babies, keeping them out of landfills."

Slate:Even Republicans Disagree With Indiana’s Extreme New Abortion Bill

"The bill would likely cause more clinics to close with its requirement that abortion providers obtain admitting privileges at nearby hospitals; this formality has shuttered clinics across Texas, among other states, since hospitals are usually reticent about granting privileges to anyone who performs the controversial procedure."

Life News:Abortion Activists Attack Bill Making Indiana 2nd to Ban Abortions on Babies With Down Syndrome

"Arguably, it's the pro-abortion groups that are driving the wedge by advocating against protections for unborn babies with disabilities."

Indiana bill limits women's reasons for abortion

Indiana News Service:Advocates say disabled people are being exploited in abortion bill passed by Indiana lawmakers

"Kim Dodson, executive director of ARC of Indiana, an organization that advocates for the rights of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, said that normally ARC would stay out of politics. However, she said, she feels that lawmakers are using the disabled as pawns."

Self:Why Indiana’s new abortion bill is so potentially dangerous

"And then there's the issue of choice when a woman discovers she’s carrying a baby that will not live more than a few days after birth. 'People don’t want to have to go through these births,' says Jen Gunter, a San Francisco ob/gyn.

"Not only can the experience of carrying and birthing a baby who won’t survive be traumatic, Gunter notes that it can come with an added financial cost in medical care once the baby arrives. 'For babies born with trisomy 13 and 18, survival beyond a few days is almost never going to happen,' she says. 'Are doctors then going to have to do heroic measures for an infant born with these conditions? Who is going to pay for all of that?' ”

Bustle:The Anti-Abortion Bill Indiana Is Set To Quietly Pass Would Be Devastating

"Indiana may be seen as a quiet state in the Midwest, but its gross disregard for women's reproductive rights is among the worst in the nation."

MTV: Oh, good, an outrageous abortion bill just passed in Indiana

"But because women’s bodies aren’t fetal Airbnbs and abortion is a medical procedure, you actually can’t separate bills like HB 1337 from women’s health."

The Daily Beast:Fetal Anomaly Is the Most Extreme Abortion Bill Yet

"The anti-abortion group Americans United for Life already ranks Indiana as the seventh-'most protective' state on its 'Life List.' If Pence signs HB 1337, expect Indiana to climb even higher."

IndyStar reporter Leslie Bailey contributed to this story.

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