Swordsmyth
04-05-2019, 06:25 PM
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a Kentucky law requiring doctors to show and describe a fetal ultrasound to patients before performing an abortion.
In a 2-1 decision, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the law does not infringe on the First Amendment rights of physicians.
A lower court had issued an injunction blocking the law last year, with a federal judge citing the psychological harm it could cause a patient.
But the decision was appealed by the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin (R).
Writing for the majority, Judge John Bush, an appointee of President Trump (https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump), said the Kentucky law “provides truthful, non-misleading, and relevant information aimed at informing a patient about her decision to abort unborn life.”
The law does not interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, Bush wrote, and nothing prevents the doctor from informing the patient that the disclosures are required by Kentucky rather than made by the doctor’s choice.
Therefore, Bush wrote, the law does not violate doctors’ First Amendment rights.
More at: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/437459-appeals-court-upholds-kentucky-ultrasound-abortion-law
In a 2-1 decision, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the law does not infringe on the First Amendment rights of physicians.
A lower court had issued an injunction blocking the law last year, with a federal judge citing the psychological harm it could cause a patient.
But the decision was appealed by the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin (R).
Writing for the majority, Judge John Bush, an appointee of President Trump (https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump), said the Kentucky law “provides truthful, non-misleading, and relevant information aimed at informing a patient about her decision to abort unborn life.”
The law does not interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, Bush wrote, and nothing prevents the doctor from informing the patient that the disclosures are required by Kentucky rather than made by the doctor’s choice.
Therefore, Bush wrote, the law does not violate doctors’ First Amendment rights.
More at: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/437459-appeals-court-upholds-kentucky-ultrasound-abortion-law