kentucky Supreme Court
Awaiting Kentucky Supreme Court’s abortion ruling with ‘anxiousness’ and uncertainty
A Kentuckian seeking an abortion now must travel to another state for it, with Illinois being the nearest where the procedure is accessible with few or no restrictions. Virginia has some access as well, though less than Illinois. This is true despite the defeat of the anti-abortion Amendment 2, which would have specified there’s no […]
Wait a minute, the abortion-rights vote does too matter
If Kentucky voters had approved the ballot measure denying any constitutional support for abortion rights, the results certainly would have been used to argue for retaining restrictive bans. So why shouldn’t the rejection of that measure be a key factor in the Kentucky Supreme Court’s various decisions about the constitutionality of abortion laws? The legislature […]