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What Kentucky law says — and doesn’t say — about what to do after pregnancy loss
15+ hour, 13+ min ago (1398+ words) Several Kentucky women have been charged in recent months with concealing the birth of an infant and abuse of a corpse. The circumstances varied " one took abortion medication, one gave birth secretly to a fetus of unknown gestational age, one…...
Providing meds for abortion, assisted suicide further penalized under KY bill
3+ week, 3+ day ago (714+ words) A bill in the Kentucky House would expand and create new penalties related to "abortion-inducing drugs" and assisted suicide. Friday morning, Rep. Nancy Tate, R-Brandenburg, filed House Bill 646, which would criminalize importing "abortion-inducing drugs" to Kentucky with "the intent to…...
Kentucky bill would allow doctors to decline care ‘on basis of conscience’
3+ week, 6+ day ago (802+ words) $1.99 for your first month A Republican bill codifying health care providers" "right to refuse to participate in any health care service which violates (their) conscience" passed along party lines out of a Senate committee Wednesday morning. Senate Bill 72, pitched as…...