LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – There were no abortions reported to Kentucky’s Cabinet of Health and Family Services for September 2023.
In an email to Kentucky Today, a representative for the Cabinet noted that there were no records to fulfill an Open Records Request submitted in October, stating: “After a diligent search, the Cabinet determined that it possesses no records responsive to your above request. The Cabinet cannot furnish records that do not exist.”
Under Kentucky law, abortions must be reported to the Office of Vital Statistics within three days of the end of the month in which the abortion occurred.
September is the fourth month this year to yield zero abortions, following February, June and July; it is also the seventh month without abortions reported to the Cabinet since Kentucky’s trigger abortion ban was enforced on August 1, 2022.
There were no abortions reported in September of 2022 either.
All data related to abortions provided in Kentucky are made available to the public through the Open Records Act.
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