Supreme Court to hear arguments for Kentucky abortion case Tuesday
CNN
As the firestorm continues over the Supreme Court's decision a month ago to allow a Texas six-week abortion ban to go into effect, the justices will take the bench on Tuesday to hear a separate dispute concerning an abortion access law out of Kentucky.
At issue in the case is a law that restricts a standard second-trimester abortion method known as "dilation and evacuation" that is used after 15 weeks of pregnancy. It was signed into law in 2018 but has so far been blocked by the courts.
The justices aren't directly considering the constitutionality of the law. Instead, the dispute involves a procedural issue: whether the attorney general in the state, a Republican, can step in to defend the law after the Democratic administration has declined to continue doing so.
