What US Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade and Kentucky law say about abortion rights - Courier Journal

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to return a ruling that could drastically change a woman's right to have an abortion, here are the current laws governing the procedure in Kentucky and nationally.

Roe vs. Wade ruling

The Supreme Court addressed abortions by trimester:

• First trimester: States may place no restrictions other than imposing minimal medical safeguards, such as requiring abortions to be performed by licensed doctors.
• Second trimester: States have a compelling interest to allow medical regulations of procedures so long as they are reasonable and narrowly tailored to protect the mother's health.
• Third trimester: A state’s interest in protecting prenatal viability is so compelling that it can legally prohibit all abortions except to protect the mother's life or health.

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Kentucky abortion laws

• Abortions are legal up to the 20th week after gestation and after that only if the patient’s health or life is compromised.
• Abortions will be banned if Roe vs. Wade is overturned.
• Abortions cannot be performed in a public hospital except to save the mother’s life.
• Patients must receive counseling, then wait 24 hours before receiving an abortion.
• A parent of a minor must consent unless a judge gives a minor express permission because of extenuating circumstances.
• Public funding is available if a patient’s life is endangered or if the pregnancy results from rape or incest.
• An abortion provider must show the patient an ultrasound of the fetus and describe it to her.
• Kentucky does not prohibit “dilation and extraction" abortions — removing the fetus intact by dilating a pregnant woman's cervix, then pulling it through the birth canal. The Sixth Circuit struck down that law in 2018.

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Sources: KRS and Guttmacher Institute

source: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2022/05/04/scotus-roe-v-wade-kentucky-law-differ-abortion-rights/6516057001/

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