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2019-05-14 Home Front: Culture Wars
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Judge strikes down Kentucky law restricting abortions after 15 weeks
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[Yahoo] A Kentucky judge has struck down a law that prohibited a method of abortion commonly used in the second trimester, saying the measure would create a “sustainable obstacle” to a woman’s right to choose.
US district judge Joseph McKinley Jr ruled on Friday that the state’s law violated a woman’s constitutional right to privacy.
Wiki: "McKinley was nominated by President Bill Clinton on May 24, 1995,"
The law, aimed at halting dilation-and-evacuation (D&E) terminations, was found to “unduly burden” women seeking abortions.
The state’s lawyers argued that the law would still allow use of D&E, but only after doctors used other methods to induce fetal death. Abortion providers breaking the law would be guilty of a felony but patients would not face prosecution.
Kentucky's governor Matt Bevin said he would appeal the decision, which came as a wave of restrictive abortion laws known as "heartbeat bills" swept the southern US. 
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Posted by Skidmark 2019-05-14 00:00||
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