Kentucky AG to Newsmax: Judges Focused on Policy, Not Abortion Law
July 14, 2022 | Kentucky
Kentucky’s trigger law to ban abortion has yet to take effect because some judges in the state are “more concerned about policy outcomes” than they are about following the law after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, state Attorney General Daniel Cameron, said on Newsmax, Thursday.
Under the terms of the state’s Human Life Protection Act, which was passed with bipartisan support, the state’s trigger law should have taken effect, the Kentucky Republican said on Newsmax’s “National Report.” “I’m 100% pro-life and want to make sure that we do everything we possibly can here to protect the lives of the unborn, and so we’ve been defending this Human Life Protection Act in court.”
But with the judges who won’t take action, “hopefully by the time we get to our state Supreme Court, we will get the appropriate ruling that allows for this law to go into effect,” said Cameron. … (Excerpt from Newsmax)