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Clinton challenges Indiana abortion law at campaign stop

May 1, 2016 at 5:25 p.m. EDT
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton meets voters at Lincoln Square Pancake House in Indianapolis on May 1. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)

INDIANAPOLIS — Just hours after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against a new Indiana abortion law, Hillary Clinton stumped miles away from the state capitol and filed a sort of amicus brief.

“I will defend a woman's right to make her own health-care decisions,” Clinton said to a few hundred supporters packed into a sweltering recreation center. “I’ll tell ya, I’ll defend Planned Parenthood against these attacks. And I commend the women of this state, young and old, for standing up against this governor and this legislature.”