Content related to abortion, birth control, and other reproductive rights issues
This week Robert and Jazmin interviewed Lisa Sobel, one of three Jewish women suing the state over abortion laws using a case based on Kentucky's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Kentucky is among the reddest of Republican red states. But Tammara Wieder was quietly confident that Kentuckians would vote down GOP-backed constitutional amendments to ban abortion and to empower the legislature to call itself into special session.
The Supreme Court of Kentucky heard oral arguments this morning in the case to determine whether Kentucky’s abortion ban is constitutional. Alex Acquisto of the Herald-Leader, was in the courtroom and posted this Twitter thread as the hearing was going on.
The Repubs went for the grand prize – but instead of winning, they went too far, and Kentucky voters told them “NO.”
