Statehouse News…..

indiana-statehouse-1

 

Funding road with taxes and fetal remains legislation continue to be debated…

 

 

 

Road Funding and taxes

 

Legislators haven’t settled whether a road funding plan will raise taxes or not, but they have resolved one sticking point:

Eric Berman reports.


 

 

 

Senate panel takes up bill with fetal remains provision

 

Opponents of a bill containing several abortion-related measures — including one that would require the remains of miscarried or aborted fetuses to either be cremated or interred — have urged an Indiana Senate committee to vote against the measure.

Several people who testified Wednesday before the Senate Health and Provider Services Committee said the legislation’s multiple provisions would create new barriers to Indiana women seeking abortions.

But Republican Senator Michael Young and other supporters of the bill say it contains nothing that would limit women’s access to abortions. Young also said the fetal interment provision is intended to ensure remains are handled in a humane and dignified manner.

Committee chairwoman Senator Pat Miller says the panel likely will vote next week on the bill.