Kentucky lawmakers on April 13 overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of legislation that makes it more difficult to obtain abortions.
The Kentucky House of Representatives voted 31–6 and the Kentucky Senate voted 76–21 to override the veto by Beshear, a Democrat.
The measure, House Bill 3 (pdf), takes effect immediately.
Among the provisions: making a person who “intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly performs an abortion upon a minor without obtaining the required consent” guilty of a felony; requiring every abortion to be reported to the state government, with details including the name and address of the physician who performed the procedure; and establishing requirements for doctors who provide abortion-inducing drugs.
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