abortion rights

The Kentucky General Assembly just enacted its first substantial update to the state's abortion ban since that law took effect in 2022.

Republicans say new legislation clarifies when life-saving abortions are legal. But it adds anti-abortion language and could subject doctors to tougher scrutiny in court.

Two Tennessee Republican lawmakers are supporting a measure that would enable physicians to perform abortions involving “fatal fetal anomalies,” setting up a potential clash with those who oppose changes in the state’s abortion ban.

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Lexington Democrat Rep. Lindsey Burke is under “no delusion” that Kentucky’s Republican-controlled legislature will hear, much less pass, a bill to reinstate abortion access. But, during the 2025 legislative session, she’s going to file it anyway.

Public support for Tennessee politicians has risen in recent months, according to a Vanderbilt poll out Friday. However, the report also found that support is higher for measures that the Republican-controlled statehouse opposes, including abortion access and gun reform.

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A pregnant Kentuckian filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kentucky’s two strictest abortion bans, saying she wants to “ensure that other Kentuckians will not have to go through what I am going through.”

A Tennessee court order offered some clarity on medical exceptions in the state’s abortion ban, but critics say the ruling highlights how little lawmakers and legal experts understand pregnancy complications.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Tennessee from enforcing a law banning adults from helping minors get an abortion without parental permission. A judge ruled Friday that Tennessee cannot “make it a crime to communicate freely” about legal abortion options even in a state where abortion is banned at all stages of pregnancy except for a handful of situations.