Top Court Signals Kentucky Official Can Defend Abortion Curb (1)

U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they are inclined to let Kentucky’s Republican attorney general take over the defense of a law that would sharply restrict abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy.

Hearing arguments in what will be a prelude to a bigger abortion fight later this year, the justices suggested skepticism toward a federal appeals court’s conclusion that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron waited too long to try to get involved. The appeals court struck down the law and then barred Cameron from intervening in order to seek reconsideration from a larger panel of judges.

Justices from across the ...