Kentucky Abortion Law Invalid, Two New Provider Suits Say (2)

Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the American Civil Liberties Union sued Kentucky Thursday to invalidate a new law that, they say, effectively bans abortion in the state.

The law is unconstitutional based on U.S. Supreme Court precedent that gives people the right to end a pregnancy before a fetus would be able to live outside the womb, the complaints filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky say.

“The General Assembly passed HB 3 to protect life and promote the health and safety of women,” Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) said in an email ...