‘Walls Are Closing In’ on Safe Abortions—Kentucky Latest To Pass New Bill – By Khaleda Rahman (Newsweek) / March 30, 2022
Abortion rights advocates have warned that the “walls are closing in” on safe abortions after Kentucky became the latest state to pass a bill restricting access to the procedure.
The measure sparked protests in the Senate gallery on Tuesday, with demonstrators chanting “abortion is health care” and unfurling banners that said “stop the bans” before being cleared during a debate.
House Bill 3 won final passage in the House hours later. The Senate earlier on Tuesday had amended a sweeping bill to include a 15-week ban on abortions—in a preemptive step that is tied to an anticipated decision from the U.S. Supreme Court on abortion rights.
The measure also bans telehealth for medication abortions, requiring patients to be examined in person by a doctor before receiving abortion pills.
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