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Court Upholds Kentucky Pro-Life Law Protecting Women from 'Unsanitary' Abortion Clinics

Michael Foust : Oct 20, 2020
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"We cannot say that laws requiring abortion facilities to have transfer and transport agreements with a local hospital are not reasonably related to a legitimate government end." -Judge Joan Larsen

[ChristianHeadlines.com] A US federal appeals court on Friday revived a Kentucky pro-life law by ruling it is not unconstitutional for the state to require that abortion clinics have agreements with a local hospital and a local ambulance service in the event medical complications arise. (Image: Unsplash-Obi Onyeador)

The case involves a 1998 Kentucky law that requires abortion facilities to obtain transfer agreements with a local hospital and transport agreements with a local ambulance service. Planned Parenthood joined a Louisville abortion clinic in suing the state to strike down the restrictions, and a district court in 2018 sided with abortion providers, saying the law places an undue burden on women and has few "medical benefits"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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