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The Kentucky Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency appeal by the state’s attorney general to reinstate a near-total abortion ban that was blocked by a district court judge last week, according to reports.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in late June to overturn Roe v. Wade triggered a Kentucky law, the Protection of Human Life Act, that bans all abortions except those performed to save the mother’s life or prevent serious harm.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron speaks to the press outside the U.S. Supreme Court on October 12, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state’s abortion providers last week, claiming the law unconstitutionally forces women to “become pregnant against their will.”
Jefferson County District Court Judge Mitch Perry last week issued a temporary restraining order under the law and another law that blocks abortions after six weeks.
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Abortions in the state have continued ever since.
On Saturday, the Kentucky Court of Appeals denied Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s request to delay the decision, and the state’s highest court denied his request Sunday on Tuesday, WDRB-TV reported.
“The [state] The Supreme Court’s decision to continue delaying Kentucky’s Protection of Life Act and Heartbeat Act is disappointing,” Cameron said Tuesday. “We will not be deterred from defending these important laws, and our team will make a strong case tomorrow in Jefferson County Court to restore the laws.”
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The exterior of Planned Parenthood in Louisville is shown April 14, 2022. A judge cleared the way Thursday, June 30, for Kentucky to resume abortions, temporarily blocking the state’s near-total ban on the procedure that was triggered by a Supreme Court ruling which overruled Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, file)
Samuel Crankshaw, communications manager for the ACLU of Kentucky, also responded to the Supreme Court’s denial. “The Kentucky Supreme Court has already denied [AG Cameron’s] second attempt to block an emergency order protecting Kentuckians’ rights to privacy, bodily autonomy and self-determination as set forth in the state constitution.”
The district court will hold a hearing on the case on Wednesday.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Charles Booker walks with his oldest daughter Kailyn Booker during a news conference after addressing the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health on June 24, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. (John Cherry/Getty Images)
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Kentucky is the third state to have its abortion law temporarily blocked. Pro-choice activists have filed numerous lawsuits trying to stop, or more often delay, the bans.
Judges in both Texas and Louisiana have blocked the trigger laws and will hold hearings in July to rule on the lawsuits.
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In addition to Texas and Louisiana, 10 states have abortion bans on the books that took effect after Roe was overturned.
Anders Hagstrom of Fox News contributed to this report.
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