Abortion rights advocates heading to court after Kentucky lawmakers override Beshear veto

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Planned Parenthood said it would file its challenge early Thursday morning.
54% : Lawyers for opponents said they would ask a judge in U.S. District Court in Louisville to block enforcement of the law while their challenge is pending.
51% : Kentucky has two abortion providers, EMW Women's Surgical Center and Planned Parenthood, both in Louisville.
51% : The scramble late Wednesday to try to block the law was similar to that of 2019, when lawmakers passed a bill to ban abortions after six weeks and then-Gov. Matt Bevin, an anti-abortion Republican, signed it into law the same day.
46% : "Make no mistake, the Kentucky legislature's sole goal with this law is to shut down health centers and completely eliminate abortion access in this state," leaders with Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement.
44% : HB 3 includes multiple new restrictions on abortion including:Republican supermajorities in both the House and Senate easily overrode the veto of Beshear, a Democrat who supports abortion rights, the House on a vote of 76-21 and the Senate, 31-6.
44% : If a judge agrees to block House Bill 3, abortion opponents are still hopeful the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling in a case out of Mississippi, will strike down or substantially curtail Roe v. Wade, its landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.
43% : Final passage of HB 3 makes Kentucky the first state to end all access to abortion, opponents said.
41% : Related: If Kentucky bans abortion, Planned Parenthood CEO says it will still find ways to help women
35% : If the high court strikes down Roe v. Wade, Kentucky is among a dozen states with a "trigger law" in place to automatically outlaw abortion in Kentucky.

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