Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill that would have required health-care providers to give "medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment" to any infant born alive, including after a failed abortion.
Senate Bill 9 would have also expanded the power of the attorney general to shut down abortion providers and keep abortion from being deemed an urgent procedure under Beshear's emergency orders in the coronavirus pandemic.
The Republican-controlled General Assembly will not be able to override the Democratic governor's veto, because it passed the bill on the day it had to adjourn, April 15.
Beshear said in his April 24 veto message that "existing Kentucky law already fully protects children from being denied life-saving medical care and treatment when they are born. In addition, bills similar to Senate Bill 9 have been struck down as unconstitutional in the majority of states in America when challenged. During this worldwide health pandemic, it is simply not the time for a divisive set of lawsuits that reduce our unity and our focus on defeating the novel coronavirus and restarting our economy."
At his daily briefing April 25, Beshear said, "I'm just not doing divisive issues right now. . . . We’ve gotta have unity in this commonwealth."
Some of the protesters who came to the Capitol grounds to protest against Beshear's emergency restrictions Saturday carried anti-abortion signs.
Senate Bill 9 would have also expanded the power of the attorney general to shut down abortion providers and keep abortion from being deemed an urgent procedure under Beshear's emergency orders in the coronavirus pandemic.
The Republican-controlled General Assembly will not be able to override the Democratic governor's veto, because it passed the bill on the day it had to adjourn, April 15.
Beshear said in his April 24 veto message that "existing Kentucky law already fully protects children from being denied life-saving medical care and treatment when they are born. In addition, bills similar to Senate Bill 9 have been struck down as unconstitutional in the majority of states in America when challenged. During this worldwide health pandemic, it is simply not the time for a divisive set of lawsuits that reduce our unity and our focus on defeating the novel coronavirus and restarting our economy."
At his daily briefing April 25, Beshear said, "I'm just not doing divisive issues right now. . . . We’ve gotta have unity in this commonwealth."
Some of the protesters who came to the Capitol grounds to protest against Beshear's emergency restrictions Saturday carried anti-abortion signs.
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