A new campaign ad from Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign features sexual abuse survivor Hadley Duvall, a Kentucky woman who was raped by her stepfather and became pregnant when she was 12 years old. Duvall says in the 30-second spot, titled “Monster” that at the time she discovered she was pregnant, she “had options” that […]
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Kentucky ranks low in women’s health and reproductive care
As the worst of COVID-19 subsided in 2022 and a trigger law banning most abortions went into effect upon the fall of Roe v. Wade, Kentucky was already among the worst-performing states for women’s health. This insight comes from The Commonwealth Fund’s 2024 State Scorecard on Women’s Health and Reproductive Care, a first-of-its kind ranking that […]
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Woman in Beshear’s abortion ad says she wants to give voice to victims
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern Hadley Duvall, a 21-year-old from Owensboro, said speaking about her experience with sexual abuse amid debates on abortion rights is a calling for her. That’s why Duvall is appearing in an ad for Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s reelection campaign. After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in […]
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Abortion ban in Kentucky returns after appeals court decision
Abortion is again banned in Kentucky. The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s motion to reinstate the abortion rule that bans the procedure upon detection of a fetal heartbeat. The rule was automatically triggered with the overturning of the federal Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court […]
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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade: Here’s what that means for Kentucky
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday, effectively ending the ability for a woman to get an abortion in Kentucky. The decision triggers Kentucky’s fetal heartbeat law that passed in 2019, requiring any doctor performing an abortion to determine whether a fetus has a “detectable fetal heartbeat.” If one is detected, the woman […]
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Attorney general files lawsuit against Beshear over implementation of abortion bill
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed a lawsuit against Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration over the implementation of House Bill 3, the omnibus abortion bill that passed in the 2022 General Assembly session. “Gov. Beshear has a duty to faithfully execute the law, but he has failed to implement important provisions of House Bill 3,” Cameron […]
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Kentucky’s ‘fetal heartbeat law’ will be triggered if Roe v. Wade is overturned
If Roe v. Wade is overturned following the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion this week, Kentucky’s fetal heartbeat bill that passed in 2019 would be automatically triggered, meaning all abortions would essentially be banned in the state. In the Supreme Court draft, it would be left up to states as to how they […]