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Abortion is illegal in Kentucky, except to save a pregnant woman’s life or to prevent disabling injury. [1] [2] [3] There were laws in Kentucky about abortion by 1900, including ones with therapeutic exceptions. In 1998, the state passed legislation that required clinics to have an abortion clinic license if they wanted to operate.
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.
The 1821 abortion law of Connecticut was the first known law passed in the United States to restrict abortion. Although this law did not completely outlaw abortions, it placed heavier restrictions, as it prevented people from attempting or receiving abortions, which was generally through the consumption of poison, during the first four months ...
Kentucky Amendment 2 was a rejected legislatively referred constitutional amendment to the Kentucky Constitution, which was voted on as part of the 2022 elections.If enacted, the amendment would have declared that nothing in the Kentucky Constitution could be construed to protect a right to an abortion or public funding of an abortion.
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 ...
Here's what we know about Kentucky abortion laws and the legal cases around it. Abortion Abortion rights activist with Kentucky ties to campaign for President Joe Biden, Kamala Harris. June 24 ...
KY Supreme Court’s ruling that abortion providers can’t sue on behalf of their patients shifted the burden of challenging those laws to those most impacted by them: Pregnant women.
The state of abortion rights has been upended by the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade . As of Nov. 6, more than a dozen states have banned abortions or no longer have ...