The decision by the court's conservative majority is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.

Hours after the decision, feelings of outrage, frustration and disappointed filled the space in front of the Gene Snyder Courthouse on Broadway in downtown Louisville where hundreds of people gathered in protest.

Cameron said his first goal is to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to let him defend the 2018 abortion law.

Kentucky's law requires doctors to perform an ultrasound and show fetal images to a pregnant woman prior to an abortion.