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Missouri: A court found that state law dealing with women having abortions after the first trimester needing to have it performed in a hospital was unconstitutional. [226] 1980. Kentucky adopts a law preventing public hospitals from performing abortion procedures except to protect the life of the mother. [163]
Finally, after much lobbying and petitioning by KERA and other women's clubs, the legislature passed a law in 1912 that gave "qualified" women the right to vote and run for office in the new county school system. This law was tested in the courts and stood, allowing for state protection of the right for black and white women citizens to vote.
Abortion is illegal in Kentucky, except to save a pregnant woman’s life or to prevent disabling injury. [1] [2] [3] There were laws in Kentucky about abortion by 1900, including ones with therapeutic exceptions. In 1998, the state passed legislation that required clinics to have an abortion clinic license if they wanted to operate.
OpEd: Kentucky’s new abortion laws are just as draconian and create personal and negative consequences no one has begun to imagine. State abortion laws will destroy women’s autonomy and ...
A University of Kentucky family sciences professor whose ex-wife was murdered continues to seek justice for her in the courtroom, and most recently, in the state legislature.
Kentucky Revised Statutes; University of Louisville Digital Collection: The statute law of Kentucky with notes, praelections, and observations on the public acts : comprehending also, the laws of Virginia and acts of Parliament in force in this commonwealth : the charter of Virginia, the federal and state constitutions, and so much of the king of England's proclamation in 1763 as relates to ...
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The timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. The changes include actual law reforms, as well as other formal changes (e.g., reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents).