Gov. Mike Braun is ordering the Indiana Department of Health to resume releasing individual terminated pregnancy reports, as it did before the state鈥檚 took effect.
Terminated pregnancy reports, or TPRs, are completed by medical providers following an abortion and include data about the patient and the procedure.
IDOH stopped sharing individual TPRs in December 2023 due to , instead sharing abortion data quarterly.
over the department鈥檚 decision, Indiana鈥檚 public records law protected the reports 鈥� contrary to the view held by .
叠谤补耻苍鈥檚 directs all state agencies to cooperate with the attorney general when it comes to abortion laws.
Braun was asked about the patient privacy concerns.
鈥淲hen it comes to that particular issue, I鈥檓 gonna not comment on it because I don鈥檛 know,鈥� Braun said.
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Braun said all he鈥檚 trying to do is enforce state law.
Indiana Right To Life applauded 叠谤补耻苍鈥檚 order and said it puts abortion providers on notice.
鈥淲e are thankful for Governor 叠谤补耻苍鈥檚 swift and decisive move in support of Indiana鈥檚 law that has ended in our state," said President and CEO Mike Fichter.
In a statement, House Democratic Leader Phil GiaQuinta (D-Fort Wayne) called the executive order 鈥渃ruel and unbefitting of our state.鈥�
鈥淲e don't need to put women through more pain than they've already been through,鈥� GiaQuinta said.
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