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Kentucky abortion fight aimed at second-trimester procedure
Source: Associated Press
Matt Bevin
43 minutes ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Attorneys for Kentucky’s Republican governor and the state’s only abortion clinic are ready for their next legal fight.
The two sides will start presenting their case Tuesday over a lawsuit challenging a new state law that would restrict the use of a second-trimester abortion procedure. The law was suspended shortly after the lawsuit was filed in April.
The federal trial is expected to last through the week.
Lawyers for the clinic say the law amounts to an unconstitutional ban on the most common method of second-trimester abortions.
Read more: https://apnews.com/4749e4b492b74039ab8db6f8dfa546dc
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