Kentucky Abortion Bill Fails
By micro99 at 11 March, 2009, 4:43 pm
Kentucky Abortion Bill Fails
Legislators in Kentucky failed to pass a bill that would have required women to have an ultrasound and view the images at least 24 hours prior to an abortion procedure.
Opponents of the bill noted that while women currently have the choice to view the images, ultrasounds are regularly performed prior to abortions. Under the new bill, a woman would have been required to enter an abortion clinic on two separate occasions and could have resulted in higher costs to patients.
Derek Selznick, director of the Reproductive Freedom Project of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, said if the bill had passed, some women may have been forced to stay overnight in the clinics.
“Women could be spending anywhere from $230 to $600 out-of-pocket, depending on where they live and [based] on other costs,” he told The News Record.
Earlier this month the Kansas state House passed a bill that would require physicians to inform women that they have the option of seeing the images from a fetal sonogram prior to an abortion procedure. That bill must still pass through the state Senate before reaching the governor’s desk.
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