WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court said it would not hear a challenge to a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform an ultrasound and show the image of the unborn baby to the pregnant woman as she listens to the fetal heartbeat, prior to her decision whether to have an abortion or choose life.
The High Court’s action rejected a challenge to HB 2, known as “The Ultrasound Informed Consent Act,” which was challenged in EMW Women’s Surgical Center v. Meier by the only licensed abortion center in the state and three doctors who work there.