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For national Black Maternal Health Week, April 11 - 17, we're highlighting the Black maternal health crisis in Kentucky and beyond, and uplifting the work of Black birth workers in the commonwealth. For more information, visit: https://blackmamasmatter.org/2023-black-maternal-health-week/.

For national Black Maternal Health Week, April 11 - 17, we're highlighting the Black maternal health crisis in Kentucky and beyond, and uplifting the work of Black birth workers in the commonwealth. For more information, visit: https://blackmamasmatter.org/2023-black-maternal-health-week/.

The following statement can be attributed to ACLU-KY Executive Director Amber Duke regarding the veto override of Senate Bill 150, an omnibus anti-trans bill: 

The 2023 legislative session is in the veto period from March 17 through March 28. Lawmakers will return on March 29 and 30 for a final chance to pass laws and override vetoes.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Lawmakers today passed an amended version of Senate Bill 150, an omnibus anti-trans bill aimed at LGBTQ children and adolescents in Kentucky. The bill, which contains many of the original provisions of HB 470, was rushed to the House floor after a hasty committee hearing where trans Kentuckians begged and pleaded for their lives, and access to critical care for trans youth. SB150 encompasses a host of new laws that are among the most extreme anti-trans attacks in the United States. 

I am a 26-year-old woman and a lifelong resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. I have attended private, religious, and public schools here, and I’ve worked, worshiped, and volunteered here. 

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded its years long investigation of the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD), finding that there is reasonable cause to believe that the LMPD has routinely violated the constitutional rights of residents of Louisville, Kentucky. 

By Oliver Hall

Today, the Kentucky Supreme Court once again denied a request from the ACLU, the ACLU of Kentucky, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America to block two abortion bans that first went into effect on August 1. As a result, abortion remains banned in the state.