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Just a week ago, Kentucky lawmakers overrode Governor Andy Beshear’s veto<\/a> of a bill that banned abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy and implemented other abortion restrictions. But already, a federal judge has blocked the law’s implementation after abortion facilities complained that they could not operate due to the law.<\/p>\n

House Bill 3<\/a>, in addition to banning abortions after 15 weeks, would also ban telemedicine abortions, require abortionists who dispense abortion pills to get a special certification, and update parental consent guidelines and abortion reporting requirements. Additionally, further restrictions were added to ensure abortions received no taxpayer funding, guidelines were issued for the dignified disposal of fetal remains, and a portal would have been created for people to report suspected violations.<\/p>\n

Kentucky has just two abortion facilities, both of which announced they would stop committing abortions<\/a> as a result of the law. But both facilities, Planned Parenthood and EMW Women\u2019s Surgical Center, also filed lawsuits to have the law overturned. \u201cIt is impossible to comply with its vast provisions, resulting in an immediate ban on abortion state-wide in the absence of this Court\u2019s intervention,\u201d Planned Parenthood claimed in its lawsuit.<\/p>\n

That argument seems to have been persuasive, as U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings agreed to temporarily block<\/a> the law. However, Judge Jennings said her order only regards the lack of clear guidelines surrounding the law, which allegedly makes it impossible for abortion facilities to abide by them. She gave Kentucky officials the go-ahead to craft regulations while the law is blocked.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0What does an abortion look like at 15 weeks gestation?<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a win, but it is only the first step,\u201d Rebecca Gibron, the CEO for Planned Parenthood in Kentucky, told the Associated Press. \u201cWe\u2019re prepared to fight for our patients\u2019 right to basic health in court and to continue doing everything in our power [to] ensure abortion access is permanently secured in Kentucky.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said the state will fight to see the law take effect. \u201cWe are disappointed that the court chose to temporarily halt enforcement of the entire law,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cThis law is constitutional and we look forward to continuing to defend it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In June, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization<\/em><\/a>\u00a0concerning Mississippi’s own 15-week abortion restriction. The court’s decision will affect Kentucky’s 15-week restriction as well.<\/p>\n

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Just a week ago, Kentucky lawmakers overrode Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill that banned abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy and implemented other abortion restrictions. But already, a federal judge has blocked the law’s implementation after abortion facilities complained that they could not operate due to the law. 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