{"id":1450274,"date":"2022-04-22T12:57:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1450274"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:57:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:57:06","slug":"kentucky-pro-life-law-temporarily-blocked-by-federal-judge-at-planned-parenthoods-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-pro-life-law-temporarily-blocked-by-federal-judge-at-planned-parenthoods-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Pro-Life Law Temporarily Blocked by Federal Judge at Planned Parenthood\u2019s Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkentucky-pro-life-law-temporarily-blocked-by-federal-judge-at-planned-parenthoods-request%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1450274&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>On Thursday, a federal judge in Louisville temporarily blocked Kentucky\u2019s recently enacted abortion law after Planned Parenthood filed a request for a temporary restraining order on the legislation. Planned Parenthood is one of two abortion providers in the state.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-enforcement-kentuckys-new-abortion-law-2022-04-21\/\">Reuters<\/a><\/em>, US District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings granted Planned Parenthood\u2019s request around a week after the Republican-led legislature overrode the governor\u2019s veto to enact the law.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Abortion providers reportedly said that the legislation, which was in effect for only eight days, made Kentucky the first US state without legal abortion access since the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.legislature.ky.gov\/recorddocuments\/bill\/22RS\/hb3\/bill.pdf\">House Bill 3<\/a> places a number of restriction on abortion procedures, mainly around abortions using medication.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In regards to medication abortion, which are generally provided up to 10 weeks of pregnancy, restrictions have been implemented on doctors and pharmacists, with enhanced reporting procedures being put into place.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The legislation requires the woman seeking an abortion to have an in-person visit with a physician, rather than telehealth.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>It also requires the state pharmacy board to create a new program which will oversee the distribution of abortion drugs, and oversee a new certification process for pharmacies, physicians, manufacturers and distributors who administer or provide the drugs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>It implements fines for those found not to be compliant with certification requirements, which the pharmacy board will be required to enforce, with pharmacies, manufacturers, and distributors receiving no less than a $5 million fine for violations, and $250,000 fines for physicians.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The legislation requires physicians that prescribe the abortion medication to maintain hospital admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, or have a written contract with a physician who has these privileges.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>It also requires that fetal remains from abortions not be disposed of as medical waste, instead requiring cremation or burial by a licensed establishment.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The legislation also seeks restrictions on judicial bypasses where minors can seek abortions by getting permission from a judge in cases where getting permission from a parents is not possible.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-enforcement-kentuckys-new-abortion-law-2022-04-21\/\">Reuters<\/a><\/em>, both Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed separate lawsuits against the legislation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Jennings noted that because the law went into effect immediately, &#8220;there was not enough time for related regulations governing abortion to be written that clinics must comply with,&#8221; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-enforcement-kentuckys-new-abortion-law-2022-04-21\/\">Reuters<\/a><\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Because plaintiff cannot comply with HB 3 and thus cannot legally perform abortion services, its patients face a substantial obstacle to exercising their rights to a pre-viability abortion,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>She also noted that at this stage, she is not considering the constitutionality of the law&#8217;s requirements, &#8220;and would consider at a hearing on whether to grant a preliminary injunction whether any parts could be complied with,&#8221; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-enforcement-kentuckys-new-abortion-law-2022-04-21\/\">Reuters<\/a><\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, a federal judge in Louisville temporarily blocked Kentucky\u2019s recently enacted abortion law after Planned Parenthood filed a request for a temporary restraining order on the legislation. Planned<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1450274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1450274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1450274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1450274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1450274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}