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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...
- This Isn’T Just About Kentucky.
- The Stakes Are High Going Into This Supreme Court Term.
- State Legislatures Across The Country Have Been Undermining Roe Since 1973.
- These Laws Disproportionately Harm People of Color and Low-Income Communities.
The Kentucky law at issue in the Supreme Court case cannot be viewed in isolation. This year, politicians passed a record number of laws restricting and banning abortion — more than 100 this year alone.
In September, five justices turned their backs on the Constitution by allowing Texas’ radical new abortion ban, S.B. 8, to go into effect. The court effectively stripped Texans of their constitutional right to abortion in the dead of night. With a direct challenge to Roe v. Wadeset to be heard this term by the court, the reproductive freedom of peo...
Since Roe was decided in 1973, state legislatures have been chipping away at abortion access, passing more than 1,300 restrictionsthat aim to force people to remain pregnant. Though many have been blocked by courts, too many have gone into effect and created unnecessary barriers to abortion, including laws that prevent people from using their insur...
Because of systemic racism and structural inequality in our country’s healthcare system, abortion restrictions fall hardest on people of color, low-income people, youth, immigrants, LGBTQ people, people in rural areas, and other marginalized communities. Preventing people from obtaining the abortion care they need and forcing them to carry pregnanc...
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...
Dec 1, 2021 · 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...
Sep 15, 2021 · Pope Francis said on Wednesday that abortion is "murder", even soon after conception, but appeared to criticise some U.S. Catholic bishops for dealing with U.S. President Joe Biden's...
Oct 12, 2021 · EMW Women’s Surgical Center, No. 20-601, concerned a Kentucky law that challengers said effectively banned the most common method of abortion in the second trimester of pregnancy, dilation...
Oct 12, 2021 · Oct 12 (Reuters) - In another case stemming from a restrictive abortion law, U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled a willingness to let Kentucky's Republican attorney general defend...
