WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday probed arguments about whether Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron can defend a law restricting abortion that went into effect and was struck down in court before he became the state’s top law enforcement officer.
The case amounts to a technical debate over Cameron’s jurisdiction and whether he’ll have a shot in court to resurrect a law that would ban a specific surgical procedure used to end pregnancies.
The common second trimester procedure, known as “dilation and evacuation,” was banned by the Kentucky legislature in 2018. Courts then swiftly found the restriction contained in HB 454 unconstitutional.
