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Kentucky abortion clinic up for sale

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – The EMW Women’s Surgical Center, one of only two abortion clinics in Kentucky, is on the market with a listing of $3.5 million. The 14,124 square-foot building was built in 1969, originally designed as a paper company’s headquarters, but later turned into a medical office building in the early 1990s. ItContinue reading “Kentucky abortion clinic up for sale”

Pew Research: More than 50% of Americans say medication abortion should be legal

Before conflicting federal court rulings on the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone upended the status quo on a drug used by more than 3 million women to terminate their pregnancies, the Pew Research Center asked U.S. adults whether medication abortion should be legal or illegal. A majority of adults (53%) said medication abortionContinue reading “Pew Research: More than 50% of Americans say medication abortion should be legal”

No abortions reported in Kentucky during February

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – There were no abortions reported to Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services in February. In a letter to Kentucky Today, a representative for the Cabinet noted that there were no records responsive to an Open Records Request submitted in March, stating: “The Cabinet’s Office of Vital Statistics has noted that,Continue reading “No abortions reported in Kentucky during February”

Retreat encourages foster, adoptive moms to turn their eyes upon Jesus

CUNNINGHAM, Ky. (KT) – Hope That Binds, a non-profit that empowers families to share the gospel through adoption and foster care by providing financial support and like-minded community, encouraged several dozen mothers to rest in the grace of Jesus during a retreat at the beginning of the year. “We’re learning that it’s just something that’sContinue reading “Retreat encourages foster, adoptive moms to turn their eyes upon Jesus”

First abortions reported in Ky. since October 2022

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – In January 2023, two lives were lost to abortion in Kentucky. Kentucky entered 2023 with a trigger abortion ban blocking access to elective pregnancy termination. The law, which went into effect when Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, but was quickly blocked by a district court judge, was enforced following aContinue reading “First abortions reported in Ky. since October 2022”

Pro-life groups celebrate as high court declines to block abortion ban

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – After three months of waiting, the Ky. Supreme Court upheld an earlier appeals court ruling allowing Kentucky’s trigger abortion ban (and a six-week ban) to be enforced and sent the case back to a circuit court where parties will argue over the constitutional merits of the law. The decision drew praiseContinue reading “Pro-life groups celebrate as high court declines to block abortion ban”

Miscarriage and infant loss Bible study allows women to process grief

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Alpha Pregnancy Care Center is providing a space for women to grieve their miscarried and stillborn children, and process infant loss in a faith-filled community. Megan Thompson, a board member at Alpha, knows the grief of miscarriage. “When we think about 2 Corinthians 1, it says one of the reasons thatContinue reading “Miscarriage and infant loss Bible study allows women to process grief”

2022 abortions dip to new annual low following Roe reversal, trigger abortion ban

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – In 2022, a total of 2,500 lives were lost to abortion in Kentucky. That’s according to records provided by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, which has compiled abortion data reported by providers in compliance with Kentucky law since 2017. The annual total does not factor in self-managed abortions usingContinue reading “2022 abortions dip to new annual low following Roe reversal, trigger abortion ban”

Sanctity of Life Sunday: 6 practical ways Ky. Baptists can stand for life in 2023

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky Baptist Convention churches will join with other Southern Baptist Churches throughout the nation Sunday to celebrate and affirm the sanctity of human life — that every person is made in the image of God. This year, Sanctity of Life Sunday falls on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, theContinue reading “Sanctity of Life Sunday: 6 practical ways Ky. Baptists can stand for life in 2023”

Pro-life groups win preliminary injunction at 6th Circuit in buffer zone suit

CINCINNATI — The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled in favor of pro-life groups who contested a buffer zone demarcated outside a Kentucky abortion clinic on the grounds it infringed upon their First Amendment rights to practice sidewalk counseling. The court issued a preliminary injunction, blocking the city of Louisville fromContinue reading “Pro-life groups win preliminary injunction at 6th Circuit in buffer zone suit”