23 states file Supreme Court brief in support of Kentucky AG's abortion law fight
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FIRST ON FOX: 23 states have filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of the Kentucky Republican attorney general’s effort to defend an anti-abortion law, after the high court agreed to hear the case.
A federal judge ruled that it would create a "substantial obstacle" to a woman’s right to an abortion. The law had been challenged by the state’s only abortion clinic after it was signed by then-Gov. Matt Bevin, a Republican However, the state’s new Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear declined to defend the law, and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Cameron, a Republican, could not defend it on appeal. The Supreme Court announced in March that it would hear the case and decide if Cameron could defend the law.More Related News