June 24 will mark four years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn the pro-abortion Roe v. Wade decision from 1973.
Mike Fichter of Indiana Right to Life says pro-lifers cannot just stay home and take it easy.
"Now that we are here on the other side of Dobbs, what we are seeing is just the relentlessness of the abortion industry … pushing and pushing and pushing to expand abortion," he accounts.
He says anyone who thinks the Dobbs decision ended the entire abortion debate simply is not seeing the "on-the-ground continuous assault on life" that all the states are experiencing.
Indiana is one of the most restrictive states and has enforced a near-total abortion ban since 2023, with limited exceptions only in cases of rape, incest, lethal fetal anomalies, and the mother's health.
A few weeks ago, Fichter's organization spoke out in support of Senate Bill 236, which passed in the state Senate by a 35-10 margin. Had it not died in the Indiana House for the 2026 session, it would have closed a loophole that allows the abortion pill to be trafficked into the state.
Additionally, Superior Court Judge Christina R. Klineman in Marion County recently ruled that Indiana cannot enforce its near-total abortion ban against people who say their religious beliefs require access to abortion.
"A judge has ruled that there is a right to an abortion as a religious right, and as a result of that, she has blocked Indiana's pro-life law that has ended 98% of abortions in our state," Fichter summarizes.
Previously, the Indiana Court of Appeals had ruled that the law likely violated Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act but stopped short of blocking the abortion ban, which has been upheld in a separate case by the Indiana Supreme Court.
"She's blocked that law from being enforced against the plaintiffs in this case only," Fichter notes, "but the concern is that this will go well beyond the individual plaintiffs. What's at stake here is a judge stating that it actually is a religious right to abort an unborn child."
Fichter is glad to see that Attorney General Todd Rokita (R-Indiana) is appealing that controversial ruling. If it stands, he predicts it will send repercussions across the entire nation.
"The abortion industry is going to attack and claim abortion is a religious freedom issue," he warns. "I guarantee it will be coming to other states, if it's not there already.
