A federal judge on Friday struck down a Kentucky law that would have effectively ended abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
U.S. District Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr. ruled that the 2018 law, which required women seeking an abortion at or beyond 15 weeks of pregnancy to first undergo a"fetal demise" injection, was"unconstitutional." He also issued a permanent injunction against the law.
The law had been signed by Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, a Republican, whose office immediately told the Associated Press it would appeal McKinley's decision. His office did not immediately respond to an ABC News request for comment. "The Commonwealth’s legitimate interests do not allow the imposition of an additional required medical procedure—an invasive and risky procedure without medical necessity or benefit to the woman—prior to the standard D&E abortion. Here, Kentucky’s legitimate interests must give way to the woman’s right," McKinley wrote.
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