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Julie Burkhart, who previously ran an abortion clinic in Kansas, decided to open an abortion clinic in Wyoming despite the state passing a trigger law to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned. She rejected the idea of only having facilities in "safe" states and became the only person in America to open an abortion clinic in a state that bans abortion.
A pregnant woman in Kentucky, who is suing over the state's two abortion near-total bans, has learned that her embryo no longer has a heartbeat. The woman, identified as Jane Doe, filed the lawsuit to protect her privacy and is seeking class-action status to include other Kentucky residents who are pregnant and seeking abortions. The lawsuit challenges Kentucky's "trigger law" and a separate six-week ban on abortion. The case comes as Texas deals with a similar situation, where a woman left the state to have an abortion after a legal battle.
A pregnant woman in Kentucky, identified as Jane Doe, has filed a class action lawsuit challenging the state's trigger law and six-week abortion ban, claiming that the government has denied her access to necessary care. This is the first time a pregnant woman in Kentucky has filed such a lawsuit. The lawsuit comes after a Texas judge granted permission for a woman to obtain an emergency abortion, marking one of the first attempts in the country by an individual seeking a court-ordered abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Kentucky's trigger law, which went into effect after the Supreme Court ruling, bans most abortions at any stage, making them a felony offense with limited exceptions. The lawsuit seeks to restore abortion access in Kentucky and includes all pregnant women in the state who may also want an abortion.