The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled the buffer zone infringes on the First Amendment rights of protesters who demonstrate in front of the EMW Women's Surgical Center.

Kentucky's Supreme Court is considering abortion rights in the commonwealth.

The lawsuit filed in a Monroe County court claims the ban, set to take effect on Sept. 15, “strips away the fundamental rights of people seeking abortion care” in violation of the Indiana Constitution.

The LMPD officer of 13 years had been on "indefinite" administrative leave, but he is back on the job.

While it's a city-wide piece of legislation that applies to all clinics, the debate that sparked the creation of the ordinance centered on the EMW Women's Surgical Center in downtown Louisville.

If passed, the ordinance would allow health care facilities to create a 10-foot buffer zone to allow patients to enter and exit buildings safely.

The ordinance would allow for the creation of a 10-foot wide buffer zone.

The officer has since been placed on administrative reassignment pending the outcome of an investigation by LMPD's Professional Standards Unit.

Chief Erika Shields answered questions about the recent clearing of a homeless camp and the report of an officer participating in a pro-life protest outside an abortion clinic. 

Six Democrats on Council joined seven Republicans in voting against the ordinance, which would have allowed the creation of a safety buffer zones measuring from the entrance of a health care facility to the closest street curb and 12 feet from side to side.