Most Abortions Illegal in Kentucky After State’s Supreme Court Rejects Request for Relief

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron speaks during a press conference in Frankfort, Ky., on Sept. 23, 2020. Jon Cherry/Getty Images

The Kentucky Supreme Court on Aug. 18 rejected a request by abortion providers to block state laws that ban most abortions.

Planned Parenthood, EMW Women’s Surgical Center, and Dr. Ernest Marshall asked the court to enter an emergency motion dissolving an appeals court ruling, which recently lifted an injunction against the bans that had been entered by a lower court.