Posted on May 4, 2022
Beshear: Abortion ban would hurt minors, victims of sexual abuse
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Being a former prosecutor who fought for justice for those individuals, they should have those options, and I think most Kentuckians would agree with that.”
The law makes an exception if the pregnant person is at risk of death “or to prevent the serious, permanent impairment of a life-sustaining organ.”
Beshear also expressed the need for protections for minors and victims of abuse when he recently vetoed Kentucky House Bill 3, which restricts abortion medication, makes it harder for minors to get abortions and bans all abortions at 15 weeks.
The legislature later overrode the veto, but the law was blocked after Planned Parenthood brought a federal lawsuit. The judge in that case said yesterday she intends to extend the temporary restraining order she initially granted in April, but allow for parts of the law that abortion providers can currently comply with."...
..."Being a former prosecutor who fought for justice for those individuals, they should have those options, and I think most Kentuckians would agree with that.”
The law makes an exception if the pregnant person is at risk of death “or to prevent the serious, permanent impairment of a life-sustaining organ.”
Beshear also expressed the need for protections for minors and victims of abuse when he recently vetoed Kentucky House Bill 3, which restricts abortion medication, makes it harder for minors to get abortions and bans all abortions at 15 weeks.
The legislature later overrode the veto, but the law was blocked after Planned Parenthood brought a federal lawsuit. The judge in that case said yesterday she intends to extend the temporary restraining order she initially granted in April, but allow for parts of the law that abortion providers can currently comply with."...
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