Aprile Rickert
Aprile is WFPL's health reporter. Rickert comes to WFPL from the News and Tribune in Southern Indiana, where she covered crime and courts as a senior reporter. A New Albany native, she spent nearly two decades in Louisville before recently moving back across the river to Jeffersonville.
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Kentucky grassroots organization “No Laws in Our Bodies” hosted a panel Tuesday that included Democratic state Sen. Karen Berg.
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Access to abortion in Kentucky hangs in the balance. More pregnancies means more need for prenatal care in a state already lacking.
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A Jefferson County judge heard witness testimony Wednesday as he considers a temporary injunction to further block the state’s near-total abortion ban.
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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced he’s asked an appellate court to stay a decision earlier Thursday to block enforcement of two Kentucky abortion laws — including the trigger ban that went into effect almost a week ago, following the United States Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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The case before Judge Perry argues Kentucky's constitution does not allow for the state's near-total abortion ban.
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By ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade in Dobbs decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has set in motion an abortion ban in Kentucky.
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Cameron is suing the Beshear administration and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, saying they must comply with abortion bill requirements.
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Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency amid the ongoing baby formula shortage. It's meant to prevent price gouging.
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Kentucky is one of three states that will ban abortion automatically, with no extra steps or waiting period, if Roe is overturned.
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The commission will oversee a portion of the $483 million the state is set to receive as part of a multistate opioid settlement.