The decision comes months after voters rejected an anti-abortion constitutional amendment in Kentucky.
The court ruled to keep the bans in place back in August. However, it agreed to hear arguments on the case in November, following the outcome of the midterm elections in Kentucky.
Abortion providers argued in their initial lawsuit that abortion rights were protected under the state's constitution, and that the bans violated the provision granting Kentuckians the "right of seeking and pursuing their safety and happiness."that the abortion providers lacked standing to challenge the laws on behalf of their patients and sent back the case to a lower court for further consideration of constitutional issues related to the state's trigger law.
The justices left the door open to further consider the constitutionality of abortion bans in Kentucky, saying that the opinion "does not in any way determine whether the Kentucky Constitution protects or does not protect the right to receive an abortion.Dissents accused the court's majority of ignoring arguments made by abortion provides that the bans were causing "irreparable harm" to patients in the state.
"Even after Kentuckians overwhelmingly voted against an anti-abortion ballot measure, abortion remains banned in the state."The Kentucky Attorney General, Daniel Cameron, said in a statement that the court's decision represented a "significant victory" for the state. "We are very pleased that Kentucky's high court has allowed these laws to remain in effect while the case proceeds in circuit court," Cameron added.
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