Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 16-34-1-1 (2026)
Childbirth preferred
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 1. Childbirth is preferred, encouraged, and supported over abortion.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-3-4.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.17.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1995–2005 · leading case: Clinic for Women, Inc. v. Brizzi, 837 N.E.2d 973 (Ind. 2005).
Clinic for Women, Inc. v. Brizzi, 837 N.E.2d 973 (Ind. 2005). “" Ind.Code § 16-34-1-1. The plaintiffs acknowledge that individual liberties may be subject to government regulation to assure public safety and well-being.”
A Woman's Choice-East Side Women's Clinic v. Scott C. Newman, Prosecuting Attorney for Marion Cnty. Indiana, on Behalf of a Class of Prosecutors, 305 F.3d 684 (7th Cir. 2002). “” Ind.Code § 16-34-1-1. Furthermore, “in America, we respect the sanctity of human life.”
In Re the Marriage of Stetler, 657 N.E.2d 395 (Ind. Ct. App. 1995). “Wife cites Ind.Code 16-34-1-1 for the proposition that Indiana public policy promotes childbirth over abortion.”
Chaffee v. Seslar, 751 N.E.2d 773 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001). “2d at 9 ; Ind.Code § 16-34-1-1 ("[cJhildbirth is preferred, encouraged, and supported over abortion").”
Woman's Choice-East v. Newman, Scott (7th Cir. 2002). “” Ind. Code § 16-34-1-1 . Furthermore, “in America, we respect the sanctity of human life.”
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