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2. Kentucky's abortion law: what it says, what it can (and can't ...

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   In mid-2022, Kentucky was one of the fastest states to outlaw abortion on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court reversed its landmark 1973 decision, thanks to a preemptive state law enacted in 2019.

3. Abortion law in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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   The exceptions in the law were established in April 2023; previously, under a trigger law that went into effect after Dobbs, there were no exceptions to the state's abortion ban, though a doctor charged under the law could assert an affirmative defense that their actions were necessary to save their patient's life. [197]

4. Abortion in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   [53] 57% of people in Kentucky said abortion should be "illegal in all or most cases". [54] According to a 2014 Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) study, 60% of white women in the state believed that abortion be illegal in all or most cases. [55] In 2017, the state had an infant mortality rate of 6.5 deaths per 1,000 live births. [56]

5. Five bills on abortion were filed in the 2023 KY legislature ...

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   Five abortion-related bills were filed by Republicans and Democrats alike in the 2023 session of the General Assembly. None made it even as far as a committee hearing.

6. 2022 Kentucky Amendment 2 - Wikipedia

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   State attorney general Daniel Cameron stated that the failure of the amendment should have no impact on whether the Kentucky Constitution contains the right to an abortion. [11] On February 16, 2023, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that abortion providers lacked standing to challenge the state's abortion ban, but did not elaborate on whether ...

7. Where lawsuits on Kentucky’s bans on abortion, gender ... - AOL

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   Kentucky’s Republican super-majority General Assembly in 2019, under then-Gov. Matt Bevin, passed a trigger law banning abortion except in medical emergencies. It was intended to lock into place ...

8. Activists renew push to repeal Kentucky's near-total abortion ban

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   A near-total abortion ban has been in place in Kentucky since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. It does not include exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.

9. 'Shield Bill' would protect Kentuckians who get out-of-state ...

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   Another Burke-sponsored bill, House Bill 428, would roll back laws passed since 2015 that limit abortion services in the state, especially the 2019 "trigger law" that banned most abortions after ...