Kentuckians demand control over their bodies as doctors navigate abortion law gray areas – By Alex Acquisto (Lexington Herald Ledger) / Sept 1, 2022
Four days after the U.S. Supreme Court did away with federal protections for abortion access, triggering Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban to take effect, Destinee Ott knew it was time.
The 25-year-old Beattyville teacher had long considered surgical sterilization, but this was the tipping point. Roe was overturned on a Friday. The following Tuesday, she phoned Lexington Women’s Health to make an appointment to get her tubes tied, a procedure called a tubal ligation that’s a permanent, often irreversible form of birth control.
Ashley Watson, of Wilmore, had a similar realization.
The 36-year-old mother of two knows she doesn’t want to have any more children. Severe fogs of postpartum depression followed each of her daughters’ births.
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