Gov. Andy Beshear issued the veto Friday. He raised doubts about the bill’s constitutionality. And he criticized it for not including exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.
Highlights
- Democratic Gov.
- Andy Beshear vetoes bill that would ban abortions in Kentucky after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
- State lawmakers will have a chance to override the veto when they reconvene next week for the final two days of this year’s 60-day legislative session.
- A state Republican Party spokesman called the veto the latest example of the governor’s “ideological war’ on conservative values.
- The proposed 15-week ban is modeled after a Mississippi law under review by the U.S.
- Supreme Court in a case that could dramatically limit abortion rights in Kentucky.