Kentucky voters appear to reject anti-abortion constitutional amendment - 89.3 WFPL News Louisville

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The results are a boon to abortion rights advocates, who hope courts will interpret a right to abortion under the state constitution.
50% : He was also the primary sponsor of the proposal to add anti-abortion language to the state constitution.
46% : Kentucky also has a law on the books banning abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy, earlier than most realize they're pregnant.
42% : Amendment 2 would have added the following language to the state's constitution: "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."
39% : That would have given state lawmakers more power to regulate abortion, and prevented courts from finding a right to abortion under the state's foundational document.
38% : The race was hotly contested, as the Kentucky Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments over the state's near-total ban on abortion.
35% : Planned Parenthood and ACLU of Kentucky sued in state court, arguing the trigger law and six-week ban violate patients' right to privacy under the state constitution - which doesn't explicitly mention abortion.

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