The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is taking Kentucky to court in an attempt to re-create the state's own version of Roe v. Wade. The lawsuit against the attorney general of Kentucky, Russell Coleman, seeks to overturn two different pieces of Kentucky's law. One is a total ban on abortion except for cases where the life of the mother is at risk. The other is a six-week ban, which of course is superseded by that total ban.
Nick Spencer of The Family Foundation in Kentucky explains the ACLU is seeking to overturn both of those restrictions and, in a sense, "invent out of thin air" a right to abortion at any time in the Kentucky constitution.
"The attorney general has been very supportive of life," says Spencer, referring to Coleman. "He has defended life against these legal challenges that have happened since he's been in office …. [He] is very supportive of Kentucky's laws that have been duly passed by the General Assembly, and we have no reason to doubt that he would faithfully and strongly defend those laws against this legal challenge as well."
Addia Wuchner is executive director of Kentucky Right to Life and a former nurse and legislator. She tells AFN her group saw this challenge coming.
"We knew that they were looking for what we called a 'Kentucky Roe.' They filed a case last year with a young woman seeking to terminate her pregnancy, [but] she had a miscarriage and did not go forward with that case," she explains. "But we knew that they've been literally advertising for a woman who is pregnant and is desiring to terminate her pregnancy to be the case in this class-action lawsuit."
Wuchner advises pro-lifers everywhere to prepare for more abortion battles.
"We just watched an election where there were ten constitutional amendments at stake – we won three [but] we lost seven in other states. So, every state, every citizen, everyone, should be … prepared for one test case after another," she advises.
"The goal of this organization and the abortion cartel and industry," says Wucher, "is to restore carte blanche the right to terminate the life of an unborn child, state by state. We should all be concerned and praying. We appreciate all the prayers – always."
The Family Foundation in Kentucky is also asking for prayers.
"Certainly, we would ask for prayer for the attorney general's office as they go about defending our laws," says Spencer. "Please pray for us here at The Family Foundation as we will be filing a brief, pray for all of our pro-life legislators … as the next general session is drawing near … and just be praying for pregnant mothers in the state of Kentucky."
According to Spencer, it's possible that some pregnant women in Kentucky are considering traveling to other states to get an abortion.
"Pray … that the Spirit would open their eyes to the life that is in their womb, that they would be convicted of that, and that they would choose life for their child," he concludes. "Pray for the protection of those children, that they would be given the chance to reach their full potential and that they would have the opportunity to flourish as God has designed them to do."
