Tag: abortion
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Louisville woman sues to overturn Kentucky’s abortion ban
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A pregnant woman who wants an abortion is suing in Jefferson Circuit Court to challenge Kentucky laws banning the procedure, the American Civil Liberties Union...
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Kentucky’s last abortion clinic says Bevin is trying to shut it down, gets restraining order
Without even having a hearing, a federal judge has ordered the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to close Kentucky’s only remaining abortion clinic.”The order issued Friday by...
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State Senate panel OKs bill to deny most taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood; Ky. affiliate gave up funding in 2015
Feb. 22 Update : SB 8 passed out of the full Senate with a 31-6 vote and now heads to the House for consideration. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News...
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Bills to ban abortion after 20 weeks, require ultrasound exams pass General Assembly in unusual Saturday session
Editors: The first version of this story was published Friday. It has been revised to reflect Saturday’s legislative action and Monday’s lawsuit. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky....
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House sends Senate bill to require ultrasounds before abortions; Senate sends House bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – After only one hour of debate, a bill to require women to have an ultrasound before having an abortion passed the...
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House and Senate move bills to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and require ultrasounds; could be law by Saturday
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Republicans passed two major anti-abortion bills out of legislative committees Wednesday, Jan. 4, in hopes of enacting them into law...
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Republicans, in first day of House control, remove Democratic Rep. Tom Burch from health panel that he chaired for 30 years
By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT — State Rep. Tom Burch has not only lost the chair of the House health committee, which he led for...
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Study: Teens who frequent e-cigs are more likely to become frequent smokers; vaping industry disputes conclusions
Teens who use electronic cigarettes regularly are more likely to become frequent and heavy cigarette smokers, according to a new study. The study, published in the Journal of the American...
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Smoking marijuana isn’t the biggest concern for your doctor, unless perhaps he or she is a Republican
Marijuana use is not among your doctor’s major worries, but that might depend on his or her politics, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy...
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Congress includes Zika funding in stopgap spending bill
McConnell with other GOP Senate leaders, John Barrasso of Wyoming and John Cornyn of Texas (Getty Images photo by Alex Wong) Congress has finally appropriated $1.1 billion to fight the...