Ky. abortion access advocates say Amendment 2 failure gives them 'a fighting chance' - 89.3 WFPL News Louisville

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The state supreme court is expected to hear oral arguments in the case filed by Planned Parenthood and the ACLU on Tuesday.
51% : Lawsuits followed, first by Planned Parenthood and the ACLU arguing the restrictions violate the right to privacy under the state constitution.
45% : It's the latest development in the tug-of-war that's been playing out in recent years between abortion access advocates and the state's Republican-controlled legislature, which has shown it wants to end or severely restrict abortion.
44% : Amendment 2 would have added this language to the state's foundational document: "To protect human life, nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion."
44% : It would have given more power to state lawmakers to decide on access and prevented courts from interpreting a right to abortion in the state's foundational document.
42% : "While this result is disappointing, it does not change our belief that there is no right to abortion hidden in the Kentucky Constitution and that the regulation of abortion policy is a matter that belongs to our elected representatives in the General Assembly," he said in a statement.
41% : A second lawsuit, filed in October by three Jewish women in Louisville, says the bans violate their religious freedom.
40% : Amber Duke, interim executive director at ACLU of Kentucky, said Tuesday night the amendment's failure means advocates can move forward with trying to regain access to abortion in the commonwealth.
38% : "If the amendment had passed, it would have said that the courts could not recognize the right to abortion under the state constitution, and that's essentially the basis of the plaintiff's arguments in the case." He added that state constitutions are often broader and confer more rights than the U.S. Constitution, and that the amendment's failure "leaves the door open for the state supreme court to recognize the right to abortion under the state constitution."
37% : The Kentucky Constitution does not explicitly mention abortion.

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