LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – A two-year-old lawsuit challenging a buffer zone outside a Kentucky abortion clinic is moving forward despite an effort to dismiss the case. The legal battle predates both the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision that repealed Roe v. Wade and the enforcement of Kentucky’s abortion ban, and centers around the constitutionality of a 2021 LouisvilleContinue reading “Judge rejects move to dismiss buffer zone lawsuit”
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Luncheon, open house to connect KBC churches with west Ky. pregnancy resource center
PADUCAH, Ky. (KT) – A lunch-and-learn event is seeking to forge partnerships between churches and Hope Unlimited Family Care Center, a pregnancy center and prenatal clinic in western Kentucky. The Friends of Life Luncheon & Open House is a project birthed by Friends of Life, a Kentucky Baptist Convention initiative formed to mobilize Kentucky BaptistsContinue reading “Luncheon, open house to connect KBC churches with west Ky. pregnancy resource center”
Nearly two dozen independent abortion clinics closed in U.S. between January and October
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – An annual report released by Abortion Care Network, the national association for independent abortion providers, discussed the impact of abortion bans on clinic closures nationwide in 2023. Independent abortion clinics — providers that are not private physicians’ offices, hospitals or Planned Parenthood — represent about 24% of all facilities offering abortions, butContinue reading “Nearly two dozen independent abortion clinics closed in U.S. between January and October”
Clarity Solutions, E-town pregnancy center, names Dr. Marquita Ball as new CEO
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (KT) – Clarity Solutions, a Hardin County pregnancy resource center and medical clinic, announced Wednesday the appointment of Dr. Marquita Ball to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Ball, a 20-year member of Clarity’s Board of Directors, brings three decades of experience and medical insight to her new role. “I will follow God’sContinue reading “Clarity Solutions, E-town pregnancy center, names Dr. Marquita Ball as new CEO”
With abortion clinic building on the market, pro-life Kentuckians celebrate
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) — The building that houses Kentucky’s only independent abortion provider, EMW Women’s Surgical Center, is for sale. Those in the commonwealth who have worked on the sidewalk, in the courts and in the local community to limit elective pregnancy termination and support women facing unplanned pregnancies were celebrating in the wake ofContinue reading “With abortion clinic building on the market, pro-life Kentuckians celebrate”
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”
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”
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”
May abortions rose slightly following clinic re-openings
By Tessa Redmond In May 2022, 377 unborn lives were lost to abortion in Kentucky. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, one of Kentucky’s two abortion providers, facilitated 314 abortions – bringing their 2022 total to 1,572 terminated pregnancies. Planned Parenthood in Louisville provided 63 abortions in May, raising their annual tally to 338 aborted fetuses. BothContinue reading “May abortions rose slightly following clinic re-openings”
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