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| Judge strikes down Kentucky law restricting abortions after 15 weeks |
| 2019-05-14 |
| [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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