Judge strikes down Kentucky law restricting abortions after 15 weeks

A Kentucky judge has struck down a law that prohibited a method of abortion commonly used in the second trimester, saying the measure would create a “sustainable obstacle” to a woman’s right to choose. US district judge Joseph McKinley Jr ruled on Friday that the state’s law violated a woman’s constitutional right to privacy. The law, aimed at halting dilation-and-evacuation (D&E) terminations, was found to “unduly burden” women seeking abortions. Th