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Gov. Beshear vetoes abortion bill that gives more power over clinics to attorney general
Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill that would hand new power to Attorney General Daniel Cameron to regulate abortion clinics and also require abortions be suspended as an elective procedure during the coronavirus pandemic.
Senate Bill 9, passed in the final hours of the 2020 General Assembly on April 15, also requires doctors to try to save any infant born alive, including after a failed abortion.
Beshear in his veto message said the bill is not necessary.
"Current law already protects any child born alive," Beshear said Friday at his daily news briefing,
Read more: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-legislature/2020/04/24/beshear-vetoes-abortion-bill-expands-power-attorney-general/5165325002/