JUST IN: The Supreme Court says Kentucky's AG can bring back the defense of a law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the only judge to dissent.
does not revolve around the legality of a restrictive abortion law, but who can represent a state when there's been a shift in the political landscape.had been signed into law in 2018, but a district court ruled in 2019 that it was unconstitutional, and the decision was upheld by an appeals court.
When Republican Daniel Cameron became Kentucky's attorney general in 2020, he attempted to continue the legal battle, but an appeals court rejected his bid, saying that he waited too long to get involved.The court ruled that the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when they denied Cameron's request, arguing that there's no jurisdictional rule that bars the state attorney general from intervening.
Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan agreed with the court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the only judge to dissent.are working overtime to force people to continue pregnancies against their will, instead of doing what is best for the people they are supposed to serve," said Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, senior staff attorney with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project and lead counsel for EMW Women’s Surgical Center.
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