BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (KT) – More than 100 pastors and pregnancy resource center directors from across the commonwealth gathered at Hillvue Heights Church to build connections with one another and celebrate pro-life work in Kentucky on Thursday. The evening began with applause for PRC directors and employees in attendance, and recognition of two individuals whoContinue reading “Friends of Life banquet celebrates work of pregnancy resource centers”
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Ky. Supreme Court denies request to block abortion ban as litigation continues
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – The Kentucky Supreme Court denied a request by EMW Women’s Surgical Center and Planned Parenthood—the commonwealth’s only abortion providers—for emergency relief against the state’s trigger abortion ban on Thursday (August 18). Abortion remains illegal in Kentucky as the case moves forward in the state’s highest court. The seven-judge panel’s decision isContinue reading “Ky. Supreme Court denies request to block abortion ban as litigation continues”
Ky. Baptist leaders applaud appeals court decision to reinstate abortion trigger law
By Tessa Redmond LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky Baptist Convention leaders rejoiced over a Monday state appeals court decision that overruled an injunction against the state’s trigger abortion ban. The law has been blocked in court, allowing abortions to continue in Kentucky, since late June. “I, like all Kentucky Baptists, am grateful that no abortionsContinue reading “Ky. Baptist leaders applaud appeals court decision to reinstate abortion trigger law”
Ky. Baptists, pro-life Kentuckians celebrate Roe overturn
By Tessa Redmond LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) — Pro-life Kentucky leaders are celebrating the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health — the Friday ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood, sending the issue of abortion back to the states. “Kentucky Baptists are rejoicing over the Supreme Court’s historic decisionContinue reading “Ky. Baptists, pro-life Kentuckians celebrate Roe overturn”
A staggering 296,035 lives lost to abortion in Kentucky since 1973
Since 1973, when elective abortion was legalized nationwide under the banner of Roe v. Wade, at least 296,035 lives have been lost to abortion in Kentucky, according to information gathered from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services. At least 118,282 Kentucky residents are included in that figure,Continue reading “A staggering 296,035 lives lost to abortion in Kentucky since 1973”
Pregnancy centers asking for prayer after spikes in violence and vandalism at pro-life ministries
Pregnancy resource centers (PRC) in Kentucky are requesting prayer as numerous pro-life ministries across the United States have become victims of vandalism and arson after a Supreme Court draft decision leaked in May indicated the high court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Pregnancy centers in New York, Virginia, Texas, Oregon and Maryland, a CatholicContinue reading “Pregnancy centers asking for prayer after spikes in violence and vandalism at pro-life ministries”
Ky. Baptist leaders: Potential Roe overturn ‘an answer to countless prayers’
Kentucky Baptist leaders are encouraging churches to pray and continue serving women and families facing unplanned pregnancies as the fate of landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade hangs in the balance. In a leaked copy of a first draft majority opinion overturning Roe and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, another Supreme Court case that reaffirmed theContinue reading “Ky. Baptist leaders: Potential Roe overturn ‘an answer to countless prayers’”
Pro-life leaders celebrate, address legal challenge as abortions cease in Kentucky
Tuesday marked six days since Kentucky’s two licensed abortion clinics—EMW Women’s Surgical Center and Planned Parenthood’s Louisville Health Center—stopped providing abortions. “The fact that abortion clinics in Kentucky have remained closed for six days is a blessing for the unborn in Kentucky and good news to every Kentuckian who cares for life,” said Todd Gray,Continue reading “Pro-life leaders celebrate, address legal challenge as abortions cease in Kentucky”
Supreme Court affirms AG Cameron’s right to defend abortion ban
The Supreme Court ruled that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron can continue the defense of a pro-life state law on Thursday. “At every turn, we’ve maintained that Kentucky’s law banning live-dismemberment abortions is worth defending and should receive a full defense from the challenge brought by the ACLU and an abortion clinic,” Attorney General CameronContinue reading “Supreme Court affirms AG Cameron’s right to defend abortion ban”
‘I knew that was my baby,’ said Ky. mom who chose not to get abortion
By: Tessa Redmond HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (KT) – When Devin Dukes found out she was pregnant at 18, she thought abortion was her only option. It was only when she was sitting in the waiting room at Planned Parenthood, procedure already paid for, that she went with her instincts and chose life for her son, Camden.Continue reading “‘I knew that was my baby,’ said Ky. mom who chose not to get abortion”
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