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The sentences were below those asked by prosecutors, and U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger said she took into account the good works of the defendants in their communities.
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Three Jewish women making a religious freedom argument against the state’s near-total abortion ban don’t have the standing to sue, a Louisville judge ruled.
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Beshear — who campaigned against his state's near-total abortion ban in winning reelection last year — will speak next month at an event called “Championing Reproductive Freedom.”
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Hadley’s law would add exceptions for rape, incest and nonviable pregnancies, but has yet to be assigned a committee in the Senate. Now its sponsor is making a final desperate push to move the bill in the last two days of the session.
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In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear, resulting in denied treatment to some pregnant women in need.
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Three Democratic women walked out of the House Human Health Services committee in protest of legislation they say shames women who choose to terminate non-viable pregnancies rather than carry them to term.
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The group Kentucky Physicians for Reproductive Freedom includes over 280 health care providers, and its members say the state’s abortion bans are preventing them from protecting their patients’ well-being.
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It's a more limited version of an exceptions bill filed by Democrats early in the session. The most notable difference is a significant limitation on the exceptions for pregnancies that are the result of rape or incest — those women can only access care within six weeks of their last period.
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The bills would repeal basically all abortion restrictions implemented in Kentucky since 2015, formalize protections for people who seek abortion out-of-state, and give resources to families about maternal and postpartum depression.
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Expectant mothers could claim child support during pregnancy under a bill in this year’s Kentucky General Assembly. Opponents say seeking financial support for the unborn is part of an anti-abortion political agenda.