Article 5Y0GY Kentucky and Idaho measures severely restricting abortions are halted

Kentucky and Idaho measures severely restricting abortions are halted

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Measures' constitutionality brought into question amid flurry of abortion restrictions passed in US states

Two measures that severely restrict abortions were halted on Friday, one by Kentucky's governor and a second by Idaho's supreme court.

In Kentucky, Democratic governor Andy Beshear vetoed a Republican-priority bill on Friday that would ban abortions in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy and regulate the dispensing of abortion pills.

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