{"id":303716,"date":"2023-12-19T12:45:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T18:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=303716"},"modified":"2023-12-18T17:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T23:31:17","slug":"kentucky-plaintiff-planned-parenthood-drop-abortion-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/kentucky-plaintiff-planned-parenthood-drop-abortion-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky plaintiff for Planned Parenthood asks for abortion lawsuit to be dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a shocking turn of events, the anonymous woman known as “Jane Doe” serving as a plaintiff for Planned Parenthood and the ACLU in Kentucky has requested that her lawsuit be dismissed. No reason was given.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Doe sued the state of Kentucky<\/a> and sought class action status for her suit. At the time, she was eight weeks pregnant and said she wanted an abortion. Sadly, she almost immediately suffered a miscarriage, though her attorneys said she would proceed with the lawsuit. It is not clear what has caused her to change her mind, but according to local news reports<\/a>, she has now filed a motion for her case to be dismissed.<\/p>\n

In June, Planned Parenthood was forced to drop a lawsuit<\/a> against Kentucky, as they did not have a plaintiff willing to say they had been harmed by the state’s pro-life laws. The Supreme Court ruled that the abortion corporation could not sue on behalf of potential plaintiffs, and Planned Parenthood said finding a plaintiff willing to sue had been a \u201cmajor barrier\u201d for them.<\/p>\n

Though Jane Doe no longer wants to sue, the ACLU released a statement saying they plan to continue fighting \u2014 ostensibly meaning they intend to find a replacement for “Jane Doe” \u2014 and, strangely, blamed the Kentucky Supreme Court for Doe’s decision to withdraw her lawsuit.<\/p>\n