311.710 Legislative findings.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds and declares:
(1) That it is in the interest of the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky that every
precaution be taken to insure the protection of every viable unborn child being
aborted, and every precaution be taken to provide life-supportive procedures to
insure the unborn child its continued life after its abortion; and
(2) That currently, in the Commonwealth, there is inadequate legislation to protect the
life, health and welfare of pregnant women and unborn human life; and
(3) That it is in the interest of the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to
maintain accurate statistical data to aid in providing proper maternal health
regulations.
(4) It is the intention of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to
assure the integrity and autonomy of a woman's decision whether to submit to an
abortion or to carry her child to term, to protect the rights and interests of a minor
incompetent woman and her parents in the context of abortion, to further the
Commonwealth's compelling interest in protecting the formal integrity of the
marital relation and the procreative rights and interests of the husband, and to
provide for the development of statistical data. The General Assembly finds as fact
that the rights and interests furthered by this chapter are not secure in the context in
which abortion is presently performed.
(5) It is the present intention of the General Assembly to protect the valid and
compelling interests of the Commonwealth and its inhabitants without unduly
burdening a woman's constitutional privacy rights as delineated by the courts. If,
however, the United States Constitution is amended or relevant judicial decisions
are reversed or modified, the declared policy of this Commonwealth to recognize
and to protect the lives of all human beings regardless of their degree of biological
development shall be fully restored.
Effective: July 15, 1982
History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 342, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 1.
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