Planned Parenthood

A year after the Supreme Court abortion ruling, advocates say it is “more dangerous and more deadly” to be pregnant in Tennessee

Kentucky laws that outlaw most abortions took effect last summer. The plaintiffs in a major lawsuit against the most restrictive bans are asking a judge to dismiss their case.

Planned Parenthood’s Louisville health center, which provided abortions until recently, will remain open for other health care needs and to help patients navigate abortions in other states.

With abortion’s legal status in Kentucky being litigated after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade rendered it illegal in nearly every instance in the state, leadership for the state’s abortion funds say they will remain committed to financially supporting people seeking the procedure.

Effective immediately, abortions performed or attempted after 6 weeks are now illegal in the state of Tennessee. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave the green light Tuesday morning

The injunction comes almost a month after a judge extended a temporary restraining order that blocked some parts of the sweeping health care legislation.

A Tennessee abortion provider announced earlier this week it was opening a new location in southern Illinois that would serve people seeking abortions from surrounding states, including Kentucky, that could see the possibility of abortion bans enforced later this year.

The provider has stopped providing abortions after 15 weeks until a federal judge clarifies her temporary block of a restrictive abortion law.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new state law that led Kentucky’s two remaining abortion clinics to halt the procedure.

In court filings responding to Kentucky's Attorney General, Planned Parenthood reiterated their request for a federal judge to block a new abortion law.