The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Kentucky restriction requiring ...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Kentucky restriction requiring doctors to show and describe ultrasound images to women seeking an abortion, turning away a challenge arguing that the measure violates the free speech rights of physicians.
The Supreme Court in 1973 recognized a woman’s right to obtain an abortion under the U.S. Constitution. In a 1992 ruling reaffirming that right, the court endorsed so-called “informed consent” laws that require women to be given certain information before they can obtain abortions. The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of EMW Women’s Surgical Center, Kentucky’s only licensed abortion clinic, as well as doctors who work there shortly after the law was passed in 2017.
On the Louisiana law case next year, the high court’s ruling could lead to new curbs on access to abortion. Numerous Republican-backed measures restricting abortion have been passed at the state level in recent years.
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