Judge denies request to enforce Kentucky's new abortion law, keeps block in effect

[In It to Win It]

Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News

Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings issued a preliminary injunction on May 19 blocking the state from enforcing most of House Bill 3, an omnibus bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks, makes illegal the distribution of abortion medication by mail and requires the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a sprawling monitoring program to chart details of each abortion performed.

Last week, Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office appealed the preliminary injunction to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and asked Jennings to allow his office to enforce provisions of the law in the meantime. He criticized her reasons for issuing the injunction, saying she made “legal errors.”

Jennings on Thursday denied Cameron’s request. With the injunction in place, access to abortion in Kentucky is largely as it was before House Bill 3 was passed into law.

[machoneman]

1. Great news indeed! Make it permanent.

[RKP5637]

2. Some sanity prevails!!! n/t

[Hortensis]

4. Existing, overriding law prevails. While it exists.

Can't be pointed out enough: Elections have consequences.

Every election, when Democrats don't win, Republicans take power. EVERY time, without fail.

[RKP5637]

6. Exactly!!! And cast in stone. Votes count, every single vote!!! n/t

[Bayard]

3. Cameron is an ass

He's McConnell's choice to take over his seat when he retires.

[Novara]

5. It won't stay blocked when the decision to strike Roe is official

[central scrutinizer]

7. Sprawling monitoring program?

So much for “smaller government” .