State Rep. files bills to roll back Kentucky's abortion ban

State Rep. files bills to roll back Kentucky's abortion ban

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – A Lexington Democrat has reintroduced two bills designed to restore abortion access in Kentucky and shield women who seek abortion out of state.

Reproductive rights rally hears abortion ban violates some Kentuckians’ religious freedom

FRANKFORT — Just as the Senate and House gaveled in, supporters of reproductive rights rallied in the Capitol rotunda Thursday to call Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban cruel and ask lawmakers to undo it.

Reproductive rights rally hears abortion ban violates some Kentuckians' religious freedom • Kentucky Lantern

Attendees at a reproductive freedom rally in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda hold signs. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)FRANKFORT — Just as the Senate and House gaveled in, supporters of reproductive rights rallied in the Capitol rotunda Thursday to call Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban cruel and ask lawmakers to undo it.  The Rev. Elwood Sturtevant, a board member at Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, called it a “myth”…