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Kentucky lacking in prenatal care as more could need it post-Roe – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
Whereas abortions are nonetheless accessible proper now in Kentucky, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom determination to overturn Roe v. Wade might in the end imply much less abortion care within the state.
Kentucky’s Cupboard for Well being and Household Companies reported there have been greater than 4,100 abortions within the state in 2020, and greater than 51,000 reside births, in line with March of Dimes.
If a complete ban goes by way of, extra folks might be compelled to carry pregnancies to time period in Kentucky, a state the place it’s statistically extra harmful to be pregnant.
An absence of OB-GYNS
A part of the issue is an absence of obstetrics and gynecological docs. Information paints a bleak portrait of prenatal care within the state, which can be worse in rural areas.
Information from the U.S. Well being Assets and Companies Administration present greater than half of Kentucky’s 120 counties had no devoted OB-GYN in 2020 and 2021. It’s an issue all through many rural communities, with round half of U.S. counties having no OB-GYN in 2016.
Dr. Anne Banfield is medical director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Mary’s Hospital in Maryland. A number of months in the past, she was practising in rural West Virginia and noticed first-hand how laborious it was for folks to get the well being care they wanted.
“We now have loads of moms in our nation who’re struggling, as a result of doubtlessly in lots of instances, there are breakdowns within the prenatal care system,” she mentioned.
A report by the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Companies discovered that Kentucky was in need of the variety of the OB-GYNS it wanted as of some years in the past and that the scenario was anticipated to worsen within the subsequent decade.
Household docs usually present prenatal care in rural areas, however the American Board of Household Medication discovered solely about 8% in Kentucky do. That’s decrease than each bordering state – Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Missouri and Tennessee – by which round 12% of household docs do prenatal care.
Individuals can also get some prenatal care companies at different locations like native well being departments. However the presence of docs will not be the one barrier.
Melissa Eggen is a Ph.D. pupil on the College of Louisville and a senior coverage analyst on the Commonwealth Institute of Kentucky.
She mentioned there are different components that may stop folks from accessing prenatal care, like an absence of insurance coverage or systemic racism in well being care.
“A lady might have seen her supplier, and that supplier might have expressed one thing that she perceived as being racist,” Eggen mentioned. “And he or she might not need to come to that supplier any longer, she might not belief that supplier, she might cease utilizing prenatal care altogether.”
Harmful outcomes
Kentucky has the next maternal mortality charge than many different states. The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention reviews that between 2018 and 2020, Kentucky’s charge was greater than the nationwide common at practically 40 deaths per 100,000 reside births. That’s double the nationwide charge.
Banfield, the physician who labored in West Virginia, mentioned even folks with low-risk pregnancies ought to have physician visits recurrently. However in rural communities throughout Kentucky, comorbidities like diabetes and hypertension are extra prevalent. Meaning the danger for a harmful being pregnant is elevated, as is the necessity for prenatal care.
“There’s further surveillance that’s beneficial, and oftentimes that implies that the variety of visits that they’re beneficial to have might be considerably elevated,” she mentioned.
She paints an image of how these comorbidities could make being pregnant harmful.
“We might have a affected person who has hypertension, and goes from having hypertension, to having preeclampsia or eclampsia and now, maternal seizures, and maternal neurologic issues related to that,” she mentioned. “We might have a mom who has a placenta that’s inappropriately situated and has bleeding exterior the hospital that ends in hemorrhage that’s life-threatening.”
Extra restrictions coming
With the U.S. Supreme Courtroom’s ruling final month, tons of of hundreds misplaced entry to abortion in Kentucky, because the state’s set off regulation went into impact.
The regulation makes it a Class D felony for anybody to offer abortions within the state, besides in life-threatening conditions.
Suppliers took that to courtroom, and abortion companies resumed per week later. That struggle continues, and entry might once more be taken away this 12 months for folks looking for companies within the commonwealth.
Abortions are nonetheless out there in Kentucky for now. However these too are laborious to entry; the state’s solely two suppliers are in Louisville, removed from a lot of the state’s rural inhabitants.
Banfield mentioned the potential for extra unplanned pregnancies being carried to time period is creating an ideal storm in areas with already poor maternal outcomes, like Kentucky.
“The post-Roe scenario, and the problems we now have with maternal mortality, and the problems that we now have with entry to care in rural areas of america […] are all coming collectively in a manner that’s going to make our scenario after we are attempting to struggle a battle towards maternal mortality 1,000 occasions worse,” Banfield mentioned.
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Chip Trayanum injury: Kentucky RB status updated vs. Tennessee on Thursday report
Kentucky and No. 7 Tennessee will kick off the final month of the season with a matchup against one another on Rocky Top.
With that, the second injury report for the game between the Wildcats and Volunteers is out. That comes after the initial one was released with 22 players designated on Wednesday.
Kentucky is much more concerned health-wise for this game with 17 of the 22, including 10 of those already being out with starters and significant names on both sides of the football among them. From there, four are probable, two are questionable, and one was doubtful.
Tennessee then has five more of their own. That comes with the Vols being off of a bye last weekend. Three of those are already out with two more, Caleb Herring and William Satterwhite, labeled as questionable.
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Here’s how the latest injury report looks for Kentucky and Tennessee following its release:
Thursday Injury Report for Kentucky vs. Tennessee
Kentucky
DB Maxwell Hairston – Out
RB Chip Trayanum – Out
DB Jantzen Dunn – Out
DB Quay’sheed Scott – Out
OLB JJ Weaver – Out
ILB Jayvant Brown – Out
OLB Steven Soles Jr. – Out
DL Darrion Henry-Young – Out
ILB D’Eryk Jackson – Out
OL Gerald Mincey – Out
TE Jordan Dingle – Out
DL Josaih Hayes – Out
DT Deone Walker – Probable
DB DJ Waller Jr. – Probable
DB Nasir Addison – Probable
DL Tavion Gibson – Probable
Tennessee
DB Jourdan Thomas – Out
LB Keenan Pili – Out
LB Edwin Spillman – Out
DL Caleb Herring – Questionable
OL William Satterwhite – Probable
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Early voting underway in Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Thursday is the first day of early voting for the general election in Kentucky.
In Lexington, you can vote early at any public library from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
If you’re outside of Fayette County, you can go to the Secretary of State’s website to see where you can vote in your county. Remember to bring your photo ID.
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There’s been an effort by state leaders to encourage Kentuckians to use the state’s three days of early voting and, as you can see, many people in south Lexington are taking that advice at Tate’s Creek Library:
During the past few weeks, we’ve covered some of the various things you may see on your ballot, from Kentucky House races, U.S. House races, Kentucky Senate races, local ballot questions, and Constitutional Amendments 1 and 2:
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There’s a lot new with Kentucky basketball. Here’s early scouting report of 2024-25 Cats
Kentucky basketball: Mark Pope discusses win over Minnesota State
Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope was happy with his team’s second half performance to get the win over Minnesota State in an exhibition game.
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LEXINGTON — Kentucky basketball opens the 2024-25 season — and the Mark Pope era — next week, as it welcomes Wright State to town for a 7 p.m. tipoff at Rupp Arena.
The Wildcats held their annual Big Blue Madness event earlier in October, which included a 3-point competition and dunk contest. Then they held a scrimmage session during the repurposed Blue-White event — though only fans in attendance at Memorial Coliseum were able to watch in person, as it wasn’t televised. And now, UK is done with the preseason, routing Division II clubs Kentucky Wesleyan and Minnesota State Mankato in a pair of home exhibitions.
But there’s still plenty to learn about this season’s roster.
The Courier Journal provides insight about this edition of the Wildcats by answering key questions entering the 2024-25 campaign:
Everything. From the scholarship players to the coaches, not a single part of the 2023-24 team is back this season. For that reason, the 2024-25 roster is historic: Per bigbluehistory.net — a statistical database devoted to detailing every aspect of Kentucky’s men’s basketball program — the 2024-25 campaign will be the first time UK has fielded a roster without a returning scholarship player from the previous season. Two seniors from last season, Tre Mitchell and Antonio Reeves, ran out of college eligibility. Three more (Rob Dillingham, Justin Edwards and Reed Sheppard) entered the NBA draft. The other seven scholarship players transferred: Aaron Bradshaw (Ohio State), Jordan Burks (Georgetown), Joey Hart (Ball State) and Ugonna Onyenso (Kansas State) left the SEC, while three ex-Wildcats (Zvonimir Ivišić, Adou Thiero and D.J. Wagner) followed former UK coach John Calipari to his new intraconference gig at Arkansas.
With Calipari gone, Kentucky turned to Pope, an alum and a team captain of “The Untouchables,” the program’s iconic national championship squad of 1995-96.
The dozen scholarship exits wrought 12 scholarship newcomers. Pope and the Wildcats treaded heavily in the transfer portal, adding nine players: guards Koby Brea, Lamont Butler, Kerr Kriisa, Otega Oweh and Jaxson Robinson, forwards Ansley Almonor, Andrew Carr and Amari Williams and center Brandon Garrison. UK also had a three-man signing class composed of Collin Chandler, Trent Noah and Travis Perry.
No one. Other than a pair of walk-ons (Grant Darbyshire and Walker Horn) who played a combined five minutes in 2023-24.
Jaxson Robinson. He’s the only member of UK’s roster to have played for Pope before. (Robinson spent the past two seasons at BYU, Pope’s previous school.) He was the Cougars’ top scorer last season, coming off the bench to average 14.2 points per game on his way to winning the Big 12’s Sixth Man of the Year award and earning an honorable mention nod for the All-Big 12 team. Robinson’s already showcased his top-flight ability offensively, pacing the Wildcats in points in both of their exhibition outings, scoring 19 versus Kentucky Wesleyan and 24 against Minnesota State Mankato. In the latter, every point from Robinson came from distance, sinking eight 3-pointers.
While he’ll likely be the Wildcats’ chief point-getter at the end of the season, don’t expect much of a margin between Nos. 1 and 2 — or perhaps even 1 and 5. Pope and his staff crave balance and sporting multiple scoring options on the floor at all times.
Take note: Four players on BYU’s 2023-24 roster finished with double-digit scoring averages, with three more above 9.0: Robinson (14.2), Fousseyni Traore (10.9), Trevin Knell (10.6), Spencer Johnson (10.3), Richie Saunders (9.6), Noah Waterman (9.5) and Dallin Hall (9.0).
Ansley Almonor. He’s the lowest-ranked transfer to join the program, according to every major recruiting service (Rivals, 247Sports and On3). The same goes for basketball statistician Evan Miyakawa, who not only had Almonor last among UK’s nine transfers but also questioned how quickly the former Fairleigh Dickinson star could adapt to the SEC. “He was (FDU’s) leading scorer last year, and he put up good numbers. … But they don’t play in a great league,” Miyakawa said. “So those sorts of statistics don’t typically translate that well, and my projections take that into account: just the massive talent jump that he’s gonna be taking in terms of teams that he’s playing against.” At UK’s media day in October, Almonor said he’s well aware of his detractors; friends and family pass along critical comments they’ve heard aloud or seen on social media. Now, it’s on Almonor to prove his doubters wrong.
Andrew Carr. A good bet to rank among the top two in points (behind Robinson) and rebounds (alongside center Amari Williams), Carr could have the best statistical profile of any Wildcat come the end of the season. He’s a gifted passer, too. But that’s not all: His 6-foot-10 frame belies his shooting ability, which he showcased throughout the team’s pro day Oct. 7. Carr was arguably the Wildcats’ top player that evening — and put that on display for scouts from all 30 NBA teams. With his size, length, top-tier decision-making and knack for knocking down shots from well beyond the 3-point line, Carr possesses every skill NBA teams desire from big men in modern basketball. If Carr’s play matches his potential, that bodes well for the Wildcats this season.
Seven. As in, seven players on Kentucky’s roster have played 2,000 or more minutes in college. (A hat tip to former Courier Journal UK beat writer Kyle Tucker for that figure, which he unearthed during a deep-dive analysis of the SEC ahead of the 2024-25 season.) Those seven 2,000-plus-minutes Cats are more than any outfit in the now-16-team conference, besting Alabama, Ole Miss and Texas A&M, which each boast six such players.
No, not a single member of UK’s roster has played together before. But the past decade has proven that programs with plenty of experienced veterans win national titles. No SEC club is as seasoned as the Wildcats in terms of college minutes. If the chemistry develops quickly, Kentucky will be a contender in March.
Lamont Butler. His individual stats might not dazzle. He might not go among the 60 picks in next year’s NBA draft. But Butler’s importance to this team’s won’t be judged by such numerical measures. His best attribute: lockdown, 1-on-1 defense. Pope regularly refers to him as the best perimeter defender in college basketball. Up and down Kentucky’s schedule, foes feature ultra-talented guards. Those lead guards take on even greater importance in March Madness; more often than not, teams with the best guard play make the deepest NCAA Tournament runs. Butler flummoxing and frustrating those guards would go a long way toward ensuring UK has a long stay in the Big Dance.
Reach Kentucky men’s basketball and football reporter Ryan Black at rblack@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter at @RyanABlack.
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