In 2017, Central Kentuckian Heather Hyden faced an “upsetting, awful” and “horrific experience.” The baby she carried — a “very wanted pregnancy” — had a lethal fetal anomaly. She was induced in February of that year, medical care she would be unable to receive in Kentucky today because of the state’s near-total ban on abortion. […]
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Bill adds exception for rape, incest to state abortion ban
A Republican state lawmaker has filed legislation to add abortion exceptions for rape and incest and clarify what constitutes legal abortion for nonviable pregnancy under Kentucky’s abortion ban. The bill is House Bill 711 and the sponsor is Rep. Ken Fleming (R-Louisville), chair of the House personnel, public retirement and finance budget subcommittee. Fleming filed […]
