A federal court hearing scheduled for next week on Kentucky's newest abortion law has been canceled, and the case will proceed to a trial set for the fall
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal court hearing scheduled for next week on Kentucky’s newest abortion law has been canceled, and the case will proceed to a trial set for the fall.
A hearing had been planned for Tuesday on a request by the American Civil Liberties Union for a preliminary injunction to block the law.
The case will now move on to a trial set for Nov. 13.
A joint consent order that put the law on hold temporarily remains in place.
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The ACLU is challenging the law, which is being defended by Gov. Matt Bevin’s legal team.
The law would ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure known as “dilation and evacuation.” The law bans those procedures performed 11 weeks after fertilization.
Kentucky’s GOP-led legislature passed the measure overwhelmingly earlier this year.