She says if the Supreme Court guts Roe v. "If you have access to money to take a plane or take a train or go somewhere where abortion is safe and legal, you'll do that," says Kim Wehle, professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law.
Supporters of Kentucky's new law say the goal is to protect women's health and strengthen oversight. It is safe, it is common and it should be accessible.” And they know they should be able to get this care. They knew as soon as they made their decision. “The mood is one of anger and frustration,” said Meg Sasse Stern, abortion fund director with Kentucky Health Justice Network, a statewide reproductive justice group. Many of the women affected are young and poor, advocates say. In the meantime, women in Kentucky are being forced to either travel out of state to end their pregnancies or wait for a judge's decision on whether to temporarily block the law while the case is litigated.
Noncompliance can result in stiff fines and felony penalties.Īttorneys for the clinics have filed federal lawsuits seeking to overturn the law. And it contains new reporting requirements for providers. It also places strict new conditions on medication abortions, requiring women to be examined by a doctor before receiving abortion pills.
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