Groups sue to restore abortion services in Kentucky
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Abortion-rights groups have gone to court seeking to restore abortion services in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Abortion-rights groups went to court Thursday seeking to restore abortion services in Kentucky, a day after the two remaining abortion clinics signaled they couldn't immediately comply with new restrictions imposed by the state's Republican legislature.
Two lawsuits filed in federal court in Louisville asked that a judge intervene to block the law from taking effect while the case is litigated.
The GOP-dominated legislature overturned Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's veto of the sweeping abortion measure Wednesday. As lawmakers voted, abortion-rights activists standing vigil near the chambers chanted “bans off our bodies,” which echoed through the statehouse.
The new law includes 72 pages of revisions to Kentucky's abortion laws, with many new requirements that clinics must meet.
