The Supreme Court decided this morning to take up an abortion case from Kentucky, its first since Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s addition to the court gave its conservative wing a 6-3 majority. The case is Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, court file 20-601. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, in Louisville, is Kentucky’s only licensed abortion clinic. The case revolves around Kentucky’s 2018 ban on “abortions in which an unborn child is dismembered while still alive,” Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Republican, said in his petition to the Supreme Court. Then-Gov. Matt Bevin, a Republican, signed the law, which was subsequently enjoined by federal courts. After the succeeding administration of Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, refused to defend the statute in court, Cameron indicated he wanted to do so. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit turned down Cameron’s request, at which point he asked the Supreme Court …