Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al., Petitioners v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc., et al.

This case involved two Indiana abortion-related laws: one on how health care facilities must dispose of embryonic and fetal tissue, and another on abortions sought because of race, sex, or disability. Based on the prompt's research context, the Court said a state may require health care facilities to dispose of fetal remains as Indiana directed, but the prompt does not clearly provide a merits resolution of the separate reason-based abortion question.

The case is marked decided, and the prompt says certiorari (the Court's decision to hear a case) was granted, but it does not provide a vote count, opinion lineup, or oral-argument details.

The case affects abortion providers, hospitals, and patients in Indiana because it concerns what rules clinics must follow after an abortion procedure. For example, a clinic may have to change how it handles fetal remains to comply with state law.

The Supreme Court has finished this docket action. Any further fights over Indiana's abortion laws would have to come through later cases or follow-up litigation.

Indiana defended one law on fetal-remains disposal and another involving abortions sought because of race, sex, or disability. Planned Parenthood challenged both laws.

Abortion providers and hospitals in Indiana could be affected first. Patients could also see changes in how clinics handle procedures and follow state rules.

This Supreme Court docket action is over. Any new challenge would need to arise in later litigation or a different case.