LEXINGTON, Ky. — In the first regular session of the Kentucky Legislature since the state’s trigger law banning abortion took effect, the Republican supermajority showed little interest in modifying those restrictions.
Five bills were filed by Republicans and Democrats alike in the 2023 session of the General Assembly. None made it even as far as a committee hearing.
The state’s trigger law took effect after federal abortion protections were overturned in June. It bans abortion in virtually all circumstances, except if the life of a pregnant person is imminently threatened. Among the strictest in the country, there are no exceptions for rape, incest or for the range of fetal abnormalities that leave a pregnancy nonviable.
