Legal Opinion
EMW Women's Surgical Ctr., P.S.C. v. Beshear
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided September 27, 2017No. Civil Action No. 3:17–cv–16–DJHPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
David J. Hale, United States District Judge
In January 2017, the Kentucky General Assembly hastily passed the Ultrasound Informed Consent Act, referred to as House Bill 2 (H.B. 2).1 (Docket No. 1-1) Although Kentucky already had a comprehensive informed-consent law pertaining to abortions, Ky. Rev. Stat. § 311.725, H.B. 2 amended the existing law to require physicians to perform an ultrasound prior to an abortion procedure; display and describe the ultrasound images; and auscultate, or make audible, the fetal heartbeat. Physicians must comply with these requirements even if a woman does not…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- EMW Women's Surgical Ctr. v. Andrew BeshearCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2019
- EMW Women's Surgical Ctr. v. Andrew BeshearCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2019