financial support

As challenges to Indiana’s abortion ban continue, some lawmakers are trying to increase supports for pregnant people. An amended version of HB 1009 passed out of a House committee Wednesday, and allowed courts to order fathers to pay for more expenses than before.

The Indiana Senate easily approved legislation Friday that spends $50 million on financial supports for pregnant people, families and children. The measure is meant to be a companion to Republicans’ proposed abortion ban.

A Senate committee unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would spend $50 million on financial supports and resources for pregnant people, children and families. It also advanced an inflation relief measure that would allow the average Hoosier household to save about $20 a month for the next six months.