The Indiana Department of Health asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit over access to terminated pregnancy reports. Arguments largely centered on the state's definition of a medical record.

An anti-abortion group is suing the Indiana Department of Health over its decision to stop sharing individual terminated pregnancy reports which the group says violates Indiana’s public records law. The state argues the reports fit the definition of medical records, which are exempt. Oral arguments on the state’s motion to dismiss will be heard Friday in Marion County.

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The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) will no longer release individual terminated pregnancy reports following the state’s near-total abortion ban, which sharply curtailed reproductive health care access. It will still release aggregated reports.

The Indiana Department of Health, along with local health departments and other statewide health care entities, have launched the Start Smart campaign to promote immunization clinics.

Indiana providers performed more abortions in 2022 compared to every year since 2018, according to the latest state abortion count released by the Indiana Department of Health. But the number of abortions dropped in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year.

HB 1462 would require all emergency departments in the state to provide the Indiana Department of Health a plan that will be implemented when patients have a substance use related emergency.

The “Stitching Away Stigma” program provides people who use substances with handmade drawstring bags that can be filled with clean syringes and the overdose reversal medication naloxone.

The goal of the program is to address health and socioeconomic factors that can impact maternal and infant health outcomes.

Monkeypox was a contributing factor in the recent death of an Indiana resident, state health officials said Wednesday.