Kentucky abortion law blocked in win for clinics

Published April 21, 2022 12:37 pm

By BRUCE SCHREINER
Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Republican-backed law in Kentucky that led the state’s two remaining abortion clinics to halt the procedure. The clinics went to court seeking to overturn the legislation and asked that the law be blocked while the case is being litigated. Passed by the Republican-led legislature, the law bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and requires women to be examined by a doctor before receiving abortion pills. It also contains new reporting requirements that the Kentucky clinics said they couldn’t immediately comply with. Both clinics said they will immediately resume abortion services.

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