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- I cannot stay silent. While many will be irritated to hear a pope return to the topic, I cannot stay silent over 30 to 40 million unborn lives cast aside every year through abortion.
- Talk to the scientists. It should be a scientific question in which it is decided whether or not there is life. The issue of abortion is not primarily a religious issue, but rather a human one – an issue of human ethics that comes before any particular religious creed.
- Not a religious issue. Is it fair to eliminate a human life in order to solve a problem? The answer to which is: no. Second question: Is it fair to pay a sniper to solve a problem?
- Sing what you didn’t sing. [T]he problem is not in giving forgiveness, the problem is in accompanying a woman who has come to the realization she has had an abortion. …
Kentucky's ban bars abortions after cardiac signals can be detected from an embryo, usually around six weeks — often before people realize they are pregnant. Under current law, an abortion...
- 'Omnibus' Bill
- Attorney General Powers
- Disability Law
- Medication Abortions
- 14-Week Ban
- Ultrasound Law
- Clinic Regulation
In 2022, the General Assembly passed House Bill 3, a sweeping measure that adds multiple new restrictions to abortion services and also bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. It places special emphasis on medicationsused to terminate pregnancies up to 10 weeks, banning medication by mail — although that is permitted by the U.S. Food and Drug A...
The legislature in 2021 passed a bill giving the state attorney general new authority to regulate abortion clinics. Supporters said the law would give the state's Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron power to seek civil and criminal penalties for any violation of Kentucky’s abortion laws. Also in 2021, lawmakers passed a measurerequiring medi...
A 2019 law bans abortion if the woman is seeking one because of the race, gender or disability of the fetus. It has been adopted in several states as an effort to protect fetuses with Down syndrome or other disabilities. A federal judge has issued a temporary order barring enforcement of Kentucky's law while a challenge is pending.
A 2019 law requires doctors to provide disputed information to patients that abortions induced by taking a series of pills may be reversed. It originally was filed only to clarify that doctors or clinics must report abortions induced by medication, as well as all other abortions to the state.
A 2018 law sought to ban a common abortion procedure generally used after the 14th week of pregnancy called dilation and evacuation. The law was struck down by a federal appeals court, but Attorney General Cameron is seeking to get the case before the U.S. Supreme Court in hopes of reinstating it. More:US Supreme Court signals willingness to allow ...
A 2017 law requires doctors who perform abortions to first complete an ultrasound and attempt to show and describe the image to the patient, as well as to play an audible heartbeat of the fetus. Kentucky law already requires a woman receive counseling 24 hours in advance of an abortion. Also in 2017, Kentucky enacted a law banning abortions after t...
A 1998 law requires Kentucky abortion clinics to have signed agreements with a hospital and ambulance service in the event of an emergency. It was struck down as unnecessary in 2018 following a legal challenge but was upheld in 2020 by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Reach Deborah Yetter at dyetter@courier-journal.com or 502-582-4228. Find h...
Apr 13, 2022 · Kentucky effectively suspended legal abortion access on Wednesday as the legislature enacted a sweeping anti-abortion law that took effect right away and forces providers to stop...
Jul 1, 2022 · The ACLU of Kentucky filed a lawsuit on behalf of EMW Women's Surgical Center and Planned Parenthood, the state's only two abortion providers. On Thursday, Judge Mitch Perry granted a request...
Apr 14, 2022 · Kentucky ended virtually all in-state abortions on Wednesday, enacting a sweeping law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, restricts minors’ access to the procedure, and cracks...
Jun 24, 2022 · By ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade in Dobbs decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has set in motion an abortion ban in Kentucky.
