Indiana News Headlines – December 4th

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has ruled against an Indiana law that changed the state's classification of abortion clinics to include sites that perform only drug-induced abortions. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson says the 2013 law violated equal protection rights by treating a Planned Parenthood clinic in Lafayette differently than physician offices that provide the same medications.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Governor Mike Pence is scheduled to outline his 2015 legislative agenda today at the Bingham Greenebaum Doll Legislative Conference in Indianapolis. His talk comes as he and his supporters are increasingly floating his name for a White House run in 2016. The Republican governor has been apprehensive about pushing for specific legislation during his first two years in office.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Three Indiana University professors will use technology to see into the liver of a living animal to develop a model of liver failure caused by acetaminophen. The researchers said they chose to focus on the liver because it is a key organ in many toxicological and disease processes. They selected acetaminophen as its toxic challenge because of its popularity in the U.S.

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A Ball State professor is being honored by the Indiana Historical Society for his efforts to tell the state's stories. Ronald Vaughan Morris will receive the 2014 Dorothy Riker Hoosier Historian Award on Monday in Indianapolis. Morris has published numerous books about creative ways to teach elementary school social studies.