The future of abortion access in Kentucky could hinge on a constitutional question on the ballot next week
University of Louisville student Helene Senn, part of the door-knocking campaign backing the amendment, said abortion opponents can't let this opportunity “slip through our hands.” The Roe decision gave her added motivation.Abortion-rights supporters are using the ban in seeking to broaden opposition to the amendment. That law called for the immediate end to almost all abortions once Roe was overturned, except for abortions to save a pregnant woman’s life or to prevent disabling injury.
“Practically speaking, this … will keep state judges in their lane of interpreting the law and not inventing new laws and new rights that the constitution does not speak of,” said Republican state Rep. Nancy Tate, a leading anti-abortion voice.by the two abortion clinics that remain in Kentucky — both in Louisville, the state's largest city. The lawsuit said women were being"forced to remain pregnant against their will" in violation of the state's constitution.
The abortion amendment has overshadowed other campaigns in a state where the GOP won total control of the legislature in 2016.
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