Kentucky
Lawmaker files three bills to restore abortion rights in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WAVE) – A lawmaker in Kentucky is filing several bills to restore abortion rights in Kentucky.
In 2019, a trigger ban on abortion was put in place. When Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, it took effect, creating what is essentially an all-out ban with a few exceptions.
Representative Lindsey Burke of Lexington, a Democrat, has filed now three different bills relating to pregnancy. The first two specifically target anti-abortion laws.
“[The trigger ban] has consequences that may have been unintentional,” said Burke, “especially for those that want to be parents but have had tragically complicated pregnancies.”
Burke said through her own struggles of becoming a parent, losing multiple pregnancies, she’s seen firsthand the lack of reproductive care for women in Kentucky.
Even the exceptions were not enough to get care in-state when one of her unborn twins threatened the life of the other.
“You’re going to have to travel hundreds of miles to another state to find a doctor capable of assisting you in saving the life of your other child,” she explained.
Burke’s North Star Bill (House Bill 428) would restore abortion rights in Kentucky to the way they were 2015, which is when Republicans gained control of both the legislature and the governor’s mansion.
Albeit unlikely, she’ll have to win over some of those same Republicans, who now have a supermajority in the general assembly.
A second bill she filed (House Bill 429) would protect private information of parents seeking out-of-state care.
A third bill (House Bill 430) doesn’t target abortion. It would add resources for post partum depression and anxiety to the already existing Health Access Nurturing Development Services, or HANDS.
“You don’t even have to print a pamphlet. You just have to say, by the way, did you know it’s really common for moms to experience anxiety when they never have?” said Burke. “This is about as easy as it gets.”
Burke said she has not yet had conversations with her Republican colleagues about potential support for the bills.
A similar bill was filed by Burke last year, but it failed to gain traction.
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A tornado was confirmed to have ripped through the Florence area during the overnight storms June 18.
The National Weather Service in Wilmington released a statement June 20 saying a tornado traveled eastward 6.2 miles across the Northern Kentucky city, 10 miles south of Cincinnati. It had estimated peak winds of 100 mph, which classifies it as an EF1 “moderate” tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
The tornado’s path goes mostly through residential areas, and the first evidence was found on Landings Way where several trees were snapped at their trunks, the weather service reported.
The tornado progressed east, crossing Interstate 71/75 and then seemingly dissipating on Tallwood Circle where multiple large branches were downed, the final known instance of damage.
Along the way, the tornado uprooted multiple trees and snapped branches, damaged several buildings and businesses, and snapped a large power pole near the intersection of U.S. 42 and Dream Street, according to the weather service.
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- An EF2 “significant” tornado that traveled just over 5 miles from Franklin County, Indiana, to Butler County, Ohio.
A few other tornadoes have been confirmed outside the Greater Cincinnati region, including an EF2 that traveled 23.6 miles from Scott County, Indiana, to Trimble County, Kentucky; an EF2 that traveled 9 miles across Pike County, Ohio; and one in Grant County, Kentucky, just north of Williamstown.
The weather service said details on the Grant County tornado will be released later on June 20.
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