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KY Baptist leaders applaud appeals court decision to reinstate abortion trigger law

  • August 4, 2022
  • Kentucky Today
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Todd Gray, Kentucky Baptist Convention executive director-treasurer, speaks at a pro-life rally in Frankfort during the 2020 General Assembly.
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KY Baptist leaders applaud appeals court decision to reinstate abortion trigger law

Kentucky Baptist Convention leaders rejoiced over a Monday state appeals court decision that overruled an injunction against the state’s trigger law banning abortion. The law had been blocked in court, allowing abortions to continue in Kentucky since late June.

“I, like all Kentucky Baptists, am grateful that no abortions are taking place in Kentucky today and for the foreseeable future until the case is decided at the state Supreme Court,” said Todd Gray, executive director of KBC. “I am also grateful for Attorney General Daniel Cameron and his tireless efforts in defending Kentucky’s life-protecting laws put in place by our duly elected legislators.”

Harold Best, president of KBC, echoed Gray, saying: “It is encouraging that the lives of the unborn are once again protected in Kentucky. Kentucky is by and large a pro-life state and I’m thankful that AG Cameron is a strong defender of the lives of the unborn, and also defends the laws of Kentucky.”

The appeals court ruling is the latest action in an ongoing legal battle over Kentucky’s trigger abortion ban, which immediately took effect when the Supreme Court overturned the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade on June 24.

Kentucky’s two abortion providers challenged the ban in court, and a Jefferson Circuit Court judge issued a temporary restraining order against the law on June 30.

Cameron tried, repeatedly, to reinstate the ban as the case played out in court. He was unsuccessful until the appeals court granted his request on Monday.

Ongoing

“I think this back and forth is just a reminder that the battle to protect lives will be an ongoing battle,” Best said.

“We want to continue to do more to support our pregnancy care centers, pro-life organizations and organizations that promote adoption and foster care, like Sunrise Children Services,” he noted. “I think many are watching to see how churches are going to support lives, babies, unwed mothers, and those who carry their babies to term. We must be pro-life before and after birth.”

“The battle isn’t over yet,” added Jim Ewing, chair of the KBC’s Friends of Life advisory council.

Kentucky voters will have a chance to weigh in on abortion access in the state on Nov. 8, when a pro-life constitutional amendment will be on the ballot.

The amendment, if ratified, would add the following sentence to the state constitution: “To protect human life, nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion.”

Kentucky’s abortion providers challenged the trigger law on the basis that the state’s constitutional right to privacy leaves room for the legality of elective abortion.

“The situation we are in now as a state is a timely reminder of why the Yes for Life constitutional amendment vote in November is so important for those who care for the unborn,” Gray said. “We must turn out to vote and we must speak clearly that we want Kentucky to be a pro-life state.”

Best, who also pastors Burlington Baptist Church, agreed. “We need to encourage our churches to vote Yes for Life in November.”

A similar ballot measure failed in Kansas on Tuesday but reports indicate voters may have been confused by the ballot language. Some exit polls show people were not sure if “yes” meant they supported abortion or supported the amendment.

Ewing encouraged prayer as the legal battle over abortion access in Kentucky continues leading up to the fall midterm election, where Kentuckians will face the same crossroads Kansas voters did this week.

“We should keep praying that God will work in the hearts and minds of our elected leaders,” said Ewing, who also pastors Calvert City Baptist Church. “While Kentucky Baptists may not be able to do much in the political or judicial realm at this point, we can stand confident in the fact that God has, and still can, change men’s hearts to serve his purposes.”

Learn more about Kentucky’s pro-life constitutional amendment and pledge your vote at yesforlifeky.com. To find the pregnancy resource center closest to you, visit kybaptist.org/pregnancy-resource-centers.


EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was originally written by Tessa Redmond and published by Kentucky Today. 

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