A Kentucky woman Friday filed an emergency class-action lawsuit, asking a Jefferson County judge to allow her to terminate her pregnancy. It’s the first lawsuit of its kind in Kentucky since the state banned nearly all abortions in 2022 and one of the only times nationwide since before Roe v. Wade in 1973 that an adult woman has asked a court to intervene on her behalf and allow her to get an abortion.

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    11 months ago

    The ability to remove stuff from your body seems pretty damn important, though. Infected wisdom teeth, fatty tissue removal, cysts, appendixes infected or not…there’s very good reasons why someone might want to be able to remove something from their body. Seems un-American to infringe on someone’s rights.

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      11 months ago

      That’s fair. I think the other side is arguing any angle that will put the power to legislate back into the hands of states.

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        11 months ago

        Pretty sure they are not. Moving the power closer to the people would be making it a personal choice. Also they would happily adopt a national ban.