'We’re going to keep on keeping on:' South Bend abortion clinic will remain open for now

Indiana is not one of 22 states with already established laws or constitutional amendments meant to outlaw abortions in most cases following a ruling. But it is one of four states deemed likely to severely limit the procedure given its legislative record of tightening restrictions, according to an analysis by the Guttmacher Institute, a think tank that supports keeping abortion legal.

Katie Blair, the public policy director at the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, said state lawmakers could impose abortion restrictions during a special session starting July 6.

Gov. Eric Holcomb has said he intends for the session to address inflation by sending a collective $1 billion from the state's budget surplus back to tax-paying Hoosiers. But Blair said she's "incredibly nervous" that Republicans will vote on abortion laws.

The CEO of Virginia-based Whole Woman's Health Alliance, Amy Hagstrom Miller, acknowledged that she is more concerned when Indiana lawmakers will effectively ban abortion, not if they will. If it doesn't happen in a legislative session this year, the issue will be forced in the first few months of 2023 when lawmakers convene in Indianapolis.