According to this issue of the Indianapolis Star an Indiana court of appeals ruled in late August that the State of Indiana “violated the First Amendment rights of a Fort Wayne “death doula” after it required her to obtain a funeral director license to provide end-of-life transition services”.
Indiana state (mortuary) regulators had argued that a business owned by Lauren Richwine called “Death Done Differently” was operating in a manner that required a state funeral license and had previously moved for a “cease-and-desist” order for that business.
The court ruled that ” her business does not offer services under the scope of such a license, and by asking her to cease to provide the bulk of her services, the state is infringing on her right to free speech.”…