Kentucky lawmakers on April 13 overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill 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 votes mean House Bill 3 (pdf) immediately took effect.
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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