Attorneys for a Kentucky woman who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion have withdrawn the lawsuit after the woman learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity.
The plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe, is about eight weeks pregnant and she wants to have an abortion in Kentucky.
Indiana's appeals court hears arguments challenging abortion ban under a state religious freedom law
The class action lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, argues Indiana’s abortion ban violates the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
After a long night of celebrating, Gov. Andy Beshear, his wife, Britainy, and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman pledged Wednesday to continue to be an administration that serves all Kentuckians.
Indiana’s near-total abortion ban is set to take effect within days after the Indiana Supreme Court denied a rehearing in the case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana.
Abortion-rights groups filed a court motion Tuesday to dismiss their lawsuit challenging Kentucky's near-total abortion ban but signaled that the legal fight is far from over.
The state's current trigger law bans abortions except when they are carried out to save the life of the mother or to prevent disabling injury.
The state Supreme Court issued an order Monday saying the state Court of Appeals will first consider the case.
Whether those voices will resonate with the Kentucky Supreme Court, which is set to hear arguments for and against the ban Tuesday, hinges on legal arguments about whether state constitutional protections extend to a right to an abortion.
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.