District Court, W.D. Kentucky September 27, 2017, Civil Action No. 3:17–cv–16–DJH (EMW Women's Surgical Ctr., P.S.C. v. Beshear)

David J. Hale, United States District Judge

In January 2017, the Kentucky General Assembly hastily passed the Ultrasound Informed Consent Act, referred to as House Bill 2 (H.B. 2).1 (Docket No. 1-1) Although Kentucky already had a comprehensive informed-consent law pertaining to abortions, Ky. Rev. Stat. § 311.725, H.B.