Kentucky enacts abortion ban in anticipation of Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe
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Another domino falls, as Kentucky legislators enjoyed some turpentine and dandelion wine and then voted to override the governor’s veto:
Kentucky is the first state where clinics will completely stop providing abortions. The state legislature enacted a far-reaching abortion law Wednesdaywith so many restrictions, including a 15-week ban, that clinics said they have been forced to stop performing the procedure. The law, known as House Bill 3, takes effect immediately.
The state’s two abortion clinics, Planned Parenthood and EMW Women’s Surgical Center, will be filing lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. But unless the law is blocked, neither health center will provide abortions, clinic lawyers said. It is not clear if or when the court will respond to the legal challenge.
“There’s nothing in place for providers to be able to comply [with HB 3’s regulations],” said Nicole Erwin, a Kentucky-based spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates. “That’s why we would stop providing care. Literally we can’t meet the demands this bill would require.”
This is the future Republicans want, and the future is now.