Indiana Republican lawmakers voted Friday to force thousands more people to give birth every year in a state with some of the worst maternal and infant mortality rates in the country.

A bill headed to the governor’s desk is meant to boost family services for pregnant Hoosiers and children as Republicans are poised to largely ban abortion.

Indiana House Republicans voted to ban nearly all abortions Friday, with limited exceptions.

Indiana Senators affirmed a House-approved relief bill on Friday that will provide $200 rebate payments from the state’s surging budget surplus if approved by the governor.

The Indiana House approved a bill Friday that would provide $200 rebate payments from the state’s surging budget surplus.

Those payments will be less than the $225 refunds that were originally proposed by Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb but the deal represents a concession from GOP senators who were reluctant to go along with that plan.

A deeply divided Indiana House voted Thursday to keep exceptions in cases of rape or incest in a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in the state.

The Indiana House rejected an effort Thursday to eliminate rape and incest exceptions from the proposed abortion ban.

Hoosier taxpayers are set to receive $200 checks after state lawmakers appear to have reached an agreement on an inflation relief package.

A Senate committee refused to budge Wednesday over its vision for inflation relief and financial supports for pregnant people and families.