The cases reflect battles being waged in courts across the country after the Supreme Court left it up to the states to decide whether abortion is legal within their borders.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
In Florida, Judge John C. Cooper said Thursday that he will temporarily block the 15-week abortion ban from taking effect after reproductive health providers argued the state constitution guarantees a right to the procedure. Cooper said Florida's ban was"unconstitutional in that it violates the privacy provision of the Florida Constitution.
Florida's law contains exceptions if the procedure is necessary to save the pregnant person's life, prevent serious injury or if the fetus has a fatal abnormality. It does not allow exceptions in cases of rape, incest or human trafficking. In Kentucky, Thursday's ruling allowed abortions to resume after they ended abruptly last week. Heather Gatnarek, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, said nearly 200 women with scheduled appointments have been turned away from EMW Women's Surgical Center, one of the two Louisville abortion clinics, in recent days.
"We will do everything possible to continue defending this law and to ensure that unborn life is protected in the Commonwealth," he said in a statement.Kentucky's ruling came after abortion clinics filed a lawsuit saying women were being"forced to remain pregnant against their will" in violation of the state's constitution.
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