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Voters in Kentucky Tuesday voted against a state anti-abortion measure that was intended to give more impetus to the existing “trigger law.”
The Kentucky
Supreme is set to hear lawsuits challenging the state anti-abortion law
following Tuesday’s vote.
In July a
Kentucky judge granted an injunction blocking the state’s abortion ban from
taking effect. Jefferson Circuit Judge Mitch Perry’s ruling says there is “a
substantial likelihood” that Kentucky’s new abortion law violates “the rights
to privacy and self-determination” protected by Kentucky’s constitution.
The
Louisville ruling allows the state’s only two clinics to continue providing
abortions while the case is heard.
Kentucky
along with 12 other states had passed so-called “trigger laws” meant to ban
abortions as soon as the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade precedent which
gave women unprecedented access to abortion. The ruling by the Supreme Court
allows states to effectively ban the procedure. In June Perry issued a
restraining order blocking the ban
Kentucky’s
trigger law allows a physician to perform an abortion if necessary to prevent
the death or permanent injury of the pregnant woman.