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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.
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Since she appeared in an advertisement for Gov. Andy Beshear’s reelection campaign, Hadley Duvall said it is her mission to support women and girls — especially those who have been victims of the same sexual abuse she faced as a child.
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The lawsuit was filed in early December by a pregnant woman, listed as Jane Doe, and Planned Parenthood, who argued the state’s trigger ban on abortion and six week ban violated her constitutional rights. The ACLU and the ACLU of Kentucky represented the plaintiffs in court.
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A pregnant Kentuckian filed a class-action lawsuit against Kentucky’s ban on abortion, saying it violates her constitutional rights. This is the first such class-action lawsuit brought against Kentucky’s bans since abortion was outlawed in the state last year.