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Kentucky clinics appeal order that reinstated abortion ban

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) 鈥 Kentucky's two abortion clinics filed a quick appeal Tuesday aimed at restoring abortion services in the state, a day after an appellate judge reinstated a near-total statewide abortion ban .
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FILE - Abortion-rights supporters chant their objections at the Kentucky Capitol on April 13, 2022, in Frankfort, Ky. Attorneys for Kentucky鈥檚 two abortion clinics sought an injunction in court Wednesday, July 6, 2022, to block the state's near-total ban on the procedure, one of numerous such efforts across the country following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner, File)

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) 鈥 Kentucky's two abortion clinics filed a quick appeal Tuesday aimed at restoring abortion services in the state, a day after an .

The clinics, both in Louisville, asked the Kentucky Supreme Court to vacate the ruling issued Monday evening by a judge on the state's intermediate Court of Appeals.

That ruling meant most abortions are illegal in the state, for now.

In their motion to the Supreme Court, the clinics said that ruling had 鈥渦pended 50 years of the status quo" by essentially halting abortion access in Kentucky. As a result, women previously scheduled to receive abortions are now being turned away, the filing said.

鈥淭he challenged bans have eliminated access to abortion in Kentucky and they are imposing irreparable harm on plaintiffs and their patients in a variety of ways, including by forcing Kentuckians to remain pregnant, and eventually give birth, against their will,鈥 the motion said.

Both sides had expected the case to ultimately end up before the state's Supreme Court.

On Monday, the Court of Appeals judge granted an emergency request from Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron to reinstate the two laws banning nearly all abortions in the state. The order was to remain in place while the appeals court appoints a three-judge panel to hear the case. The two laws had been put on hold last month by a lower court judge in Louisville, prompting Cameron's appeal.

Cameron said in a prepared statement Tuesday that 鈥渢he laws of the Commonwealth are clear when it comes to the unborn. The Court of Appeals decision yesterday ensures that these important laws remain in effect.鈥

Kentucky鈥檚 trigger law was meant to ban abortions as soon as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in late June. The Kentucky law contains a narrow exception allowing a physician to perform an abortion if necessary to prevent the death or permanent injury of the pregnant woman.

Kentucky lawmakers also passed a separate six-week ban that the clinics are challenging.

Bruce Schreiner And Dylan Lovan, The Associated Press