Abortions may resume in Kentucky, a state judge has ruled.
Advocates said the constitution proves the right to terminate a pregnancy while Daniel Cameron's legal staff asked the judge to uphold the state law.Abortions may resume in Kentucky, at least for now, a state judge has ruled.
But both celebrated what is at least a temporary reprieve of Friday's abrupt shutdown of abortion services after the U.S. Supreme Court"We're glad the court recognized the devastation happening in Kentucky and decided to block the commonwealth's cruel abortion bans," Planned Parenthood, EMW and the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, which represents EMW, said in a statement.
He didn't elaborate on what relief his office might seek. Lawyers for the ACLU said the temporary order is not subject to an appeal. The 2019 trigger law calls for an immediate end to abortions in Kentucky if the U.S. Supreme Court strike down Roe v. Wade — the 1973 case establishing abortion as a constitutional right— which it did June 24.
Lawyers for EMW said in court Wednesday that 15 patients were turned away Friday and nearly 200 appointments have been canceled.where lawyers for Planned Parenthood and EMW argued that abortion remains a right in Kentucky under the state constitution.
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