Indiana politics make it difficult for tech industry to recruit, keep employees in state [View all]

Everly Coleman is the exact type of person that Indiana is looking for — an entrepreneur who started her own data analytics company and bought a house to settle down in Indianapolis for more than a decade.

But she moved out of Indianapolis with her wife last year, as state legislators were getting ready to pass a near total-abortion ban. They now live in Santa Fe, N.M.

"We both believe reproductive rights are very important," said Coleman, who is a trans woman. But it wasn't just about abortion. They were worried that the state would follow Florida in passing a law restricting discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. And, in fact, a leading Republican has since signaled Indiana lawmakers will consider a so-called "don't say gay" law.

The disconnect is growing between Indiana's mounting socially conservative policies, which includes not only the near-total abortion ban currently stalled in court, but also a ban on trans girls playing school sports, and the tech industry's increasingly vocal progressive workforce.

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