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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowIndiana is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over a law that bars women from having an abortion based on gender, race or disability.
The law was signed in 2016 when Vice President Mike Pence was Indiana governor. But federal courts have blocked it, saying it violates a woman's right to end her pregnancy.
Attorney General Curtis Hill on Friday asked the Supreme Court to take the case. He acknowledged a right to abortion but said it's "not a right to decide which child to bear."
State lawmakers pass the law as a response to DNA testing advances that permit fetuses to be screened for genetic defects or to determine their sex. Proponents said the state has an interest in "preventing discrimination" against fetuses slated for abortion based on such test results.
Ken Falk of the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which sued the state along with Planned Parenthood to prevent the law, said Indiana's petition is an attempt to infringe on the right to abortion.
The law also requires abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetuses in the same way as human remains. That section also was blocked.
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