Appeals court refuses to reconsider abortion ruling

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal appeals court says it won’t reconsider a ruling that upheld a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients prior to abortions.
In April, a divided panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the 2017 law is constitutional, reversing a lower court judge.
The American Civil Liberties Union, representing the state’s only abortion clinic, asked the entire appeals court to review the ruling. The appe