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In 1998, the state passed legislation that required clinics to have an abortion clinic license if they wanted to operate. By the early 2010s, members of the Kentucky Legislature attempted to ban abortion in almost all cases and had also introduced the early abortion bans. Prior to 2019, Kentucky law prohibited abortions after week 22.
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.
In 2022, Kentucky was the only one of these states with both an active abortion ban and an active abortion referendum. Following the results of the referendum, Kentucky's abortion ban was contested by abortion providers to the Kentucky Supreme Court , which in February 2023 ruled that the providers lacked standing to challenge the state's ...
June 30, 2022: Court issues temporary stop to state abortion bans Jefferson Circuit Judge Mitch Perry ruled in favor of the defendants in June 2022 , issuing a temporary injunction to the trigger ...
The Supreme Court's ruling brings abortion to an end in Kentucky and many other states thanks to their trigger law. Here's a look at what that means. Kentucky has a trigger law, ending abortion ...
In 2023, Kentuckians sued over a ban to provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth and outlawing abortion in nearly all circumstances. Where lawsuits on Kentucky’s bans on abortion ...
Abortion was illegal in North Dakota from 2022 to 2024, until Judge Bruce Romanick ruled that the state's abortion ban violated the Constitution of North Dakota's equality provisions. [ 159 ] [ 160 ] The law technically made exceptions to save the life of the pregnant woman, or, until 6 weeks into a pregnancy, in cases of rape or incest.
In 2022, Kentucky voters rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any constitutional protections for abortion. Kentucky is one of 14 states with a ban on abortions at all stages of pregnancy ...