Kentucky abortion law triggered by Supreme Court decision blocked by judge

Abortions have resumed in Kentucky after a judge blocked enforcement of the state's near-total ban on abortion that was triggered by the end of Roe v. Wade.

The Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in an opinion last week, setting off abortion "trigger laws" in more than a dozen states across the country. Kentucky is one of the latest states to have its law temporarily blocked.

The ACLU filed a lawsuit seeking to block the law on behalf of abortion providers, arguing that the law unconstitutionally forced women to "remain pregnant against their will."

The judge agreed to temporarily block enforcement of both the trigger law and a separate Kentucky law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The court will hold a hearing in July to make a ruling on the lawsuit.

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