as of today, to perform illegal abortion in the state of kentucky, you re required to fill out a form that literally doesn t exist. so, know the abortion providers in the state of kentucky cannot do that in the corners of the law. here s another, one for a doctor to legally perform an abortion in kentucky, as of today, you have to report to the state of kentucky the full name, age, race, ethnicity, health information, and hometown of the woman s sexual partner. right. so, the father. to the child in consideration. they consider this that s how they are approaching this. they are saying that we need all this information about the sexual partner of this woman who wants this abortion. again, this bill provides no exception for rape. so if you are wrapped in kentucky and need to know the home, town, race, ethnicity, health status of your rapist, you have to check that with him in order to be able to get an
that. and much more coming up tonight. but i want to start us off tonight, here at home. with a headline that is maybe not a surprise but it has come sooner than any of us have expected. here it is tonight from the associated press. quote, abortion stop in kentucky as groups seek to block new law. just read that one more time, abortion stock in kentucky as groups seek to block. law lawmakers and kentucky passed a bill to make it harder for women to get abortions in that state. previously, kentucky had a law in the books that you couldn t get enough abortion there if your pregnancy was 20 weeks a law. this new law passed last week ruled it back even farther if if it is 15 weeks along or further. they will get back from 20 to 15 weeks. kentucky republicans are not the first to pass that kind of legislation, they will not be the last. but unlike in most of the other
four, now roe v. wade protects the right to get an abortion in this country in all 50 states. but with this court, the spring court is currently considering a case in the law of mississippi that bans on a russian after 15 weeks. that violates the protection established by roe v. wade. the supreme court is considering that now, if they allow that missy mississippi law to stand. which they expect to do. that will effectively not grow out. and with, it any constitutional protections they for bush and access. just today, the republican governor of florida, ron desantis, signed a new 15-week ban on abortion just like the one that s being challenged in the supreme court in mississippi. the florida ban is scheduled to go into effect in july, which is around the time are gonna get a decision from the supreme court on potentially overturning roe. what s this whole flurry of republican anti abortion laws has been around the country. prepare for the day they are expecting soon, when roe v. wade
but because of the other restrictions and the bill that are designed to make it basically impossible for anyone to perform any legal abortion in the state, those two last clinics in the state tell us tonight that there is no way for them to comply with this new law. which again, went into effect today with the veto override. so the last two clinics in kentucky are saying that, as of now, they had to close their doors. they are no longer able to provide abortions because of this new law as of today. which means, if we are talking about landmarks, today is the landmark because today, for the first time since roe v. wade, s in 1973, today, the first american state has gone dark. to outright block all legal access to abortions in the state, full stop. kentucky is the first one. it s the first state with no legal access to abortion since roe v. wade in 1973.
protections established by roe v. wade. that s what they re gonna use at the supreme court to get rid of roe. but in the state of kentucky, is not just a 15-week ban which is why all abortion stopped in the state today, it s because of all of these other restrictions. these literally impossible to comply with medically unnecessary obstacles that kentucky republicans have put these doctors in the place of having to comply with. that s made it impossible for them to continue providing this care to kentucky women. that s why kentucky, today, has been the first stage since roe v. wade to stop being able to provide abortions to women in that case under many circumstances. the kentucky law has already been challenged in court, both planned parenthood and the other clinic which is being represented by the aclu have filed quartile adjusts of the law. both are issuing a restraining order to put it on ice until it s mitigated in court, but that s of little use in kentucky right up where there is