Kentucky Governor Vetoes 15-Week Abortion Ban

Kentucky Governor Vetoes 15-Week Abortion Ban
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during a bill signing event in Louisville, Ky., on April 9, 2021. Jon Cherry/Getty Images
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill that would have banned abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

The abortion ban has no exceptions for rape or incest. But it exempts in cases when the mother’s life is at stake, “or to avoid a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman.”

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