Republican lawmakers across the country continue to target abortion access by introducing new laws that not only criminalize the act of abortion itself, but anyone who attempts to help someone get access. The latest attempt at completely criminalizing abortion comes from one Kentucky lawmaker who has proposed legislation that would allow the state to prosecute a person for criminal homicide if they get an illegal abortion.
While the state has a trigger law banning abortion, the law in place targets doctors for performing abortions, as opposed to pregnant people who receive them. This new bill would subject all people involved to prosecution.