The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to a compromise on a restrictive Indiana abortion law that keeps the issue off its docket for now.
The court said a part of the law dealing with disposal of the “remains” of an abortion could go into effect. But it did not take up a part of the law stricken by lower courts that prohibited abortions because tests revealed an abnormality.
The court indicated it would wait for other courts to weigh in before taking up that issue.
The Indiana law at question was signed by Vice President Pence when he was governor of the state.
The decision not to schedule a review of the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit came just after Alabama passed a law virtually outlawing abortion in that state. Legislators say they hope the unprecedented restrictions would lead to a Supreme Court showdown over the right to abortion the court established in Roe v. Wade.
