House Bill 22

House Bill 22 would make health insurance companies cover abortion services and would establish that abortion and contraception are "fundamental rights" for women. This law, if passed, would make Kentucky a pro-choice state on abortion. The pro-choice movement has tried the tactic of combining declared rights for women in an attempt to make legislation and constitutional amendment proposals seem more reasonable. We should not permit them to slip in "a right to an abortion" like they did in Ohio.

House Bill 22, as introduced, also changes wording in our state's laws on insurance from "pregnant woman" to "pregnant person." This change in the law would suggest that "pregnant men" can be covered under health insurance as pregnant men.

Furthermore, in striking down a distinction in the definition of abortion in state law, this bill would allow for the definition of an abortion to include "an induced premature birth intended to produce a live viable child." This change in what "abortion" means is possible in part due to "abortion" being defined by "termination of pregnancy" wording instead of "death of the fetus or embryo" wording.

House Bill 23

Now, House Bill 23 would re-legalize abortion surgery practices in situations that are not medical emergencies. In other words, it would overturn the pro-life Trigger Ban law, and it would also enable anyone facilitating an abortion in any way to avoid criminal and civil liabilities.

Please email your state legislators here and ask them to oppose these two pieces of legislation!