Democratic bills filed in attempt to undo Kentucky's abortion ban

Kentucky House Democratic Caucus Whip Lindsey Burke announced two bills today with Planned Parenthood  that would undo Kentucky's ban on abortion.

House Bills 418 and 419 would return abortion care as it was after the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling. They would block prosecutors from charging anyone involved when a woman travels to other states for reproductive-health care services not available in Kentucky.

Burke has filed this legislation every year since Roe was overturned in 2022. 

Burke previously told the The Kentucky Lantern she was under “no delusion” that her efforts to undo the abortion ban would be successful this year.