Opponents of Kentucky abortion amendment celebrate its defeat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Sweet, who ran the Kansas campaign to defeat a similar abortion amendment in August, said Protect Kentucky Access consisted of seven organizations "with deep roots in the commonwealth," including Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, the Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and the Fairness Campaign.
45% : Voters in California, Michigan and Vermont voted to protect abortion rights in their state constitutions while a measure in Montana to limit abortion in some circumstances remained pending Wednesday.
44% :A lawsuit on behalf of Kentucky's two abortion providers, Planned Parenthood and EMW Women's Surgical Center, is pending before the state Supreme Court.
44% : Kentucky was among about a dozen states with a "trigger law" to outlaw abortion in the event of such a ruling.
41% : McGranahan said the ACLU, whose lawyers are involved in the case, will continue the court fight to restore abortion access that ended in Kentucky after the Supreme Court on June 24 struck down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that established abortion as a federal constitutional right.
37% :Amendment opponents acknowledged Wednesday their work isn't over and that they will continue to try to restore access to abortion in Kentucky - which currently is illegal except for medical emergencies.
36% : Kentucky's one-sentence proposed amendment stated:"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."
31% : "We all know that abortion remains illegal in Kentucky," said Jackie McGranahan, with the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, a member of Protect Kentucky Access.

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