Kentucky House passes measure to restrict abortions after 11 weeks
Source: The HILL
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The Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday banning a common kind of abortion after 11 weeks of pregnancy.
Reuters reported that the Republican-controlled House passed the bill for a second time, approving changes made to the bill by the GOP-controlled state Senate.
The legislation would block doctors from performing an abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation, except during medical emergencies.
About 16 percent of all abortions in Kentucky are performed using the procedure, which is generally used for pregnancies during the second trimester, according to Reuters.
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Midnight Writer
(21,841 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)sex for "mere pleasure."
They want the risk of death to be a behavior modification tool for women.
stopbush
(24,398 posts)Matthew28
(1,798 posts)Big government is ok when they can force their religion down your throat.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)barbtries
(28,817 posts)they're afraid. only fear can engender so much hate.
atreides1
(16,103 posts)"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."
--YODA, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
barbtries
(28,817 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,276 posts)that overturns Roe v Wade when Trump gets his second USSC nomination.
Wednesdays
(17,462 posts)It'll likely be struck down by a court, and so the wingnuts will go ape about "activist judges," motivating them to the polls.
Watch for more junk like this before November.
not fooled
(5,803 posts)Distract 'em with religious crackpottery to keep them from noticing that Kynect has been wrecked.
Too bad that the only kentuckians who suffer losing their healthcare can't be the ones who voted en masse for the orange turd and a puke governor.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,233 posts)What they really hate is that a woman can choose to have an abortion even if the father of the baby wants her to carry the pregnancy to term. Heaven forbid a woman's wishes about what to do with HER OWN BODY should supersecede a man's.
IronLionZion
(45,615 posts)who will then vote in a way the GOP won't like.
LittleGirl
(8,292 posts)riversedge
(70,420 posts)legislative bodies, not waiting for Gov to sign.
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Since last year, when Republicans took control of the Kentucky House for the first time since 1921, the states legislature has passed several measures to restrict access to abortion, including banning all abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy.
Critics have said the latest bill will almost certainly face a legal challenge. Last year, a similar measure passed by Texas lawmakers was struck down by a federal judge.
Similar bans in other states including Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma have also been struck down by courts.
While dilation and evacuation is used in most second-trimester abortions, nearly 90 percent of all abortions are performed in the first trimester, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights.