abortion rights

Think Big America is set up as ‘dark money’ group, though governor is its sole donor

With seven weeks left before the gubernatorial election, Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron staked out a new position on Kentucky’s abortion ban this week.

State will build hotline in response to influx of patients traveling from places with abortion restrictions

Jonathan Skrmetti joins 18 GOP counterparts in contesting a proposed federal rule protecting reproductive health records

Saturday marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Here’s how the decision impacted Kentuckians and Hoosiers since then.

Access to abortion is essentially locked down in Illinois. But Democrats are looking for ways to further protect the practice and its availability, including to outsiders who potentially face home-state penalties for seeking treatment here.

Enacted in 2013, Kentucky’s “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” has been used to champion conservative causes ranging from tax incentives for a Noah’s Ark theme park in Grant County to the right of churches to stay open during the pandemic shutdown. Now, three Jewish women from Louisville argue that same law protects their reproductive rights as they seek to overturn two state laws that together essentially ban abortion in Kentucky.

During Kentucky’s May 16 primary election, voters will weigh in on who should be governor. It’s their first chance to do that since abortion got outlawed in the commonwealth last summer.

Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on including an extremely narrow exemption to Tennessee’s strict abortion ban, carving a narrow option for doctors to use their “reasonable medical” judgment in deciding whether providing the procedure can save the life of the pregnant patient or prevent major injury.

Tennessee’s Senate has passed narrow exceptions to the state’s abortion ban, which is among the strictest in the country. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk.