Pregnant Kentucky woman files lawsuit against state abortion bans
Nov 12, 2024
The ACLU reported that a Kentucky woman, who is around seven weeks pregnant, has filed a class-action lawsuit in Jefferson County Circuit Court against two abortion bans.A release from the ACLU detailed that the woman, referred to as "Mary Poe" in the filing, "is suffering because the government has denied her access to the care she needs." A statement from "Mary Poe" reads as the following in the release:The filed documents read that the lawsuit is also being filed on behalf of a class of individuals who are pregnant and seek abortions but can't obtain one in the commonwealth due to the abortion bans. Find the full complaint here. Statement from Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project: