FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky House committee has advanced a proposal aimed at revising the state's Constitution to ensure it doesn't offer protections for abortion rights.
The proposed constitutional amendment cleared the Republican-led committee on Thursday. A presentation by abortion-rights supporters was cut short to allow the committee vote.
The committee chairman, Rep. Kevin Bratcher, said the panel was nearly out of time after a discussion on an unrelated elections bill lasted nearly two hours. Democratic lawmakers objected to the quick action on the abortion measure.
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