Lower courts have been divided over 'display-and-describe' ultrasound laws. Two federal courts upheld the Kentucky law, but in a similar case out of North Carolina, a separate federal judge struck down the law.
Supporters of the measure say it's"prudent public policy" and important to ensuring patients give an informed consent to end a pregnancy. The law"does not require anyone to follow a set script; rather, the physician or qualified technician who is making the required disclosures can use his or her own words," the state of Kentucky wrote in court briefs.
Lower courts have been divided over"display-and-describe" ultrasound laws. Two federal courts upheld the Kentucky law, but in a similar case out of North Carolina, a separate federal judge struck down the law. "The Supreme Court has rubber-stamped extreme political interference in the doctor-patient relationship," said attorney Alexa Kolbi-Molinas with the ACLU, which helped bring the challenge to Kentucky's law."This law is not only unconstitutional, but as leading medical experts and ethicists explained, deeply unethical."Escort volunteers line up outside the EMW Women's Surgical Center in Louisville, Ky., July 17, 2017.
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