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For the first time in Kentucky's history, women will make up the majority of the state's supreme court. But that's not the only women are making history in the commonwealth's judicial branch.
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.
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]
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.
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Teens from various areas of Kentucky gathered in front of the Kentucky Capitol Annex building Wednesday morning to protest against SB150 which would ban gender-affirming health care for ...
Ms. Wells was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1928 and was a member of the law firm of Wells & Wells (currently Porter, Banks, Baldwin & Shaw, PLLC) in Paintsville, Kentucky. Judy Moberly West: [8] First female to serve on the Kenton County District Court in Kentucky (1980) Durenda Lundy Lawson: [42] First female judge in Knox County, Kentucky ...
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