Authority: Supreme Court of Kentucky

Date: 02/16/2023

Subject: The decision of the Supreme Court of Kentucky, confirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal to annul the provisional order of the District Court with respect to the application of two laws in the matter of abortion and aiming, the first one (KRS 311.772 - the trigger ban), at preventing anyone from consciously giving, prescribing, procuring or selling medicines or other substances in order to interrupt pregnancy or to use instruments or procedures for such goal, and the other one (KRS 311.7707-11 - the heartbeat ban), at prohibiting abortion in case the heartbeat of the foetus can be heard

Parties: Daniel Cameron, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, P.S.C., on behalf of itself, its staff, and its patients, et al.

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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