Posted on 10/23/2026 3:25:05 PM PDT by Morgana
A federal appeals court has struck down an Indiana law meant to protect pregnant teen girls and keep their parents involved, clearing the way for Planned Parenthood to take minors out of state for secret abortions without parental consent or a judicial waiver.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in August that Indiana’s 2017 “aid-or-assist” statute violated the First Amendment. The law barred anyone from knowingly helping a teen girl obtain an abortion unless the state’s parental consent requirements were met or a court granted a bypass.
Planned Parenthood sued before the measure could take effect, arguing it restricted speech, as if the First Amendment protected the right to facilitate secret abortions on teen girls and their babies.
Writing for the majority, Judge David Hamilton, a Democrat appointee who has struck down multiple pro-life laws, said the law was not viewpoint-neutral because it prohibited speech that would help a minor get an abortion without parental consent while allowing speech that discouraged it. Judge Michael Scudder concurred in the result but said the majority undervalued Indiana’s compelling interest in keeping parents involved in such a serious decision for their daughters.
Indiana currently bans most abortions following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision. With the state law protecting unborn babies inside its borders, the appeals court ruling leaves an opening for abortion sellers to steer pregnant teens across state lines for secret abortions.
State officials have asked the full 7th Circuit to reconsider the panel’s decision. Pro-life advocates argue the ruling undermines parental rights, exposes vulnerable girls to medical risks without family support, and effectively allows abortion groups to bypass the very protections Indiana enacted to keep parents informed.
The 2017 law was never enforced due to earlier court blocks. With the latest ruling still in effect, Planned Parenthood and other groups remain free to provide minors with information and referrals for abortions in states where the procedure is legal, without first involving their parents.
How do these abortion people get access to these kids medical records without parental consent? I’d imagine that the killers would want to know if the girls are allergic or have underlying conditions that may affect the killing procdedure.
The state has an interest in the unborn child. Another state can’t take that away no more than allow someone to murder or rape. Free speech doesn’t protect them.
What would have to be resolved is whether or not kidnapping charges could be filed. What panel is saying is that Planned Parent can over-rule parental rights. Supreme court material right here in this case.
So it was two rats overruling the rights of the parents. Yeah when they passed the 1st A it was so a third party could take a kid to another state to have their baby killed, right.
Vimeo has video of an actual abortion.
So your children now belong to Planned Parenthood?
I agree. I graham is speaking about this on Fox right now. The dems packing the SC would be the end.
Judge David Hamilton, (Obama judge) a Democrat appointee who has struck down multiple pro-life laws.
Judge Michael Scudder (Trump judge) concurred.
Gotta keep those fetal parts supply chains humming.
If Planned Parenthood is doing this, the taxpayers are paying for it.
Planned Parenthood needs to be defunded for kidnapping kids from their parents in more ways than one.
Mann Act?
Exactly. Apparently the ghouls at Planned Slaughterhood believe that they're special adults who are can transport minors across state lines without parental consent.
If people from Planned Parenthood are doing the transporting shouldn’t have to await crossing the state line and federal charges. Simple state charge for kidnapping fits. That the intent was to commit what the state considers illegal ‘bodily harm’ on the kidnap victim might add to the charge. Applies whether you argue there are one or more lives within that body.
Democrats sure are bloodthirsty.
How is this not kidnapping. If I was to transport a minor, not mine, without parental permission, I would be in prison for many decades.
OMG! Parents Unite against this over-the-reach.
I predicted this happening a few years ago and got flamed.
What’s next, taking children across state lines for sex change surgery.
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