In Kentucky, the new Republican House and Senate wasted no time introducing their new arch-conservative agenda. At the top of the list: an abortion ban.
A new Senate bill would ban abortions for women after the 20th week of pregnancy, according to Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester.
Stivers told reporters that a mother has a "choice early on to make a decision to conceive or not conceive. But once conception starts, there becomes another life involved. And the legislature has its ability to control how that life may proceed or how it would be terminated."
Oh, he seems nice.
The measure is opposed by, among others, the ACLU.
[Amber Duke] said the ACLU is particularly concerned about the bill banning abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy. "Legislation about bans like this pose a serious threat because they ignore women's health needs in individual circumstances," she said. "We believe that women deserve dignity and should have the right to make personal and private medical decisions without interference from politicians."
But those politicians strongly disagree, so we're going to do this yet again, in yet another state. And then we'll see who Trump nominates to the Supreme Court, and whether they'll go along—or want to go even further.