INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has appealed a Marion County court decision granting religious exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Thursday’s order creates an exception to Indiana’s abortion restrictions if terminating a pregnancy aligns with a woman’s “sincere religious beliefs.” The Republican attorney general’s filing to appeal the order looks to bypass the Indiana Court of Appeals and take the issue to the Indiana Supreme Court. 

“Disappointed and sad by it, because I thought we were headed in the right directio...