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ck4829

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Mon Mar 24, 2025, 04:54 PM Mar 24

Consider Jury Nullification - KY doctors say GOP lawmakers' attempt to clarify abortion ban confuses instead

Kentucky doctors say the legislature’s effort to clarify the abortion ban is “junk language” that, overall, confuses them even more than current law.

With a few days left in the 2025 session, Republican lawmakers pushed through legislation they said should reassure doctors they can rely on their medical judgement when treating pregnancy complications despite the state’s abortion ban.

According to House Bill 90, “there is a need to clarify the distinction between an elective abortion and illegal termination of the life of an unborn child protected under Kentucky law and medically necessary interventions.”

But obstetricians and other medical providers have slammed the move as more restrictive than the law under which they currently work. Dozens of health care providers signed onto a letter from Planned Parenthood asking Gov. Andy Beshear to veto it.

https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/24/gop-lawmakers-attempt-to-clarify-abortion-ban-instead-confuses-say-ky-doctors/

I can offer clarity that Republicans can't - "Not guilty" no matter what on nonsense laws like this.

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