Indiana abortion reports remain confidential after unanimous state Supreme Court action

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Reports that state law requires doctors to file about individual abortions can’t be released to the public under a decision upheld by the Indiana Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court’s five justices voted unanimously in a June 29 order to let stand a state Court of Appeals decision from December that the records — known as terminated pregnancy reports — should be protected as confidential medical records.

Dr. Caitlin Bernard and Dr. Caroline Rouse, both Indianapolis OB-GYNs, sued last year to block release of the documents after the state Department of Health entered into a settlement agreement with South Bend-based Voices for Life. That agreement came out of the anti-abortion organization’s 2024 lawsuit against the Health Department, filed when the agency stopped releasing the individual reports but  Read Entire Article