More abortion bans prepared for Kentucky, including one that takes effect at 6 weeks

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More abortion bans prepared for Kentucky, including one that takes effect at 6 weeks

By John Cheves January 10, 2019

The Kentucky legislature’s pro-life caucus on Thursday announced a package of bills meant to further restrict access to abortion, even as the state’s last few abortion measures are being litigated in the federal courts.

The strongest of the new bills, Senate Bill 9, would ban abortion in Kentucky after “the presence of a fetal heartbeat,” which doctors say can be detected about six weeks into pregnancy.

“Senate Bill 9 is simply a bill that says if you have detection of a heartbeat, then that child is a living human being, and you can no longer murder that child in his mother’s womb,” Sen. Matt Castlen, R-Owensboro, said at a Capitol news conference.

But critics say many women don’t realize they are pregnant until the sixth week or later. Ultrasounds that might reveal problems with a pregnancy typically aren’t conducted until weeks 18 to 20, making it too late for a woman to end her pregnancy at that time.

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https://amp.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article224224855.html

Kentucky is racing to the bottom, being the RWNJ prototype lab for elsewhere. A sponsor of SB9 is running for Governor this year. Matt "make 'em work for medicaid" Bevin has announced he's running for re-election.

We need national help, here, folks. The disease is spreading.

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1. Too bad Kentucky and all the

rw states and gov don't care about babies and children after they're born.

So they aren't really "pro life" at all. They're anti-choice.

No one likes "abortions" but it's up to the woman to choose.

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2. that's the thing

They always frame it as protecting an "unborn child". It's a fetus! It's part of a woman until it can at least survive on its own. Government has no business forcing a person to be an unwilling incubator.