A state court order restoring access to abortion in Kentucky after the US Supreme Court’s abortion ruling remains in force after the state supreme court declined to lift it.
Chief Judge Mitch Perry of the Kentucky Circuit Court, Jefferson County, June 30 temporarily blocked the state’s enforcement of two laws—a ban on abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy and a near-total “trigger” ban—while a suit proceeds on whether the Kentucky Constitution provides greater protection for abortion rights than the federal constitution.
The Kentucky Supreme Court denied an emergency motion by Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) to halt Perry’s order, ...
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