Bill Passes to Ban Abortions Based on Gender, Disability

Bill Passes to Ban Abortions Based on Gender, Disability
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin speaks in the Capitol building in Frankfort, Ky. Kentucky’s Republican-led legislature on March 13, 2019. Bryan Woolston,/AP Photo/ File
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FRANKFORT, Ky.—Kentucky’s Republican-led legislature on Wednesday, March 13, passed its latest measure to put more restrictions on abortion, setting up another legal fight with pro-abortion activists.

The legislation would ban abortion for women seeking to end their pregnancies because of the gender, race, or disability of the fetus. The GOP-dominated Senate voted 32-4 to send the bill to the state’s anti-abortion governor, Republican Matt Bevin.