May 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. district judge struck down a one-year-old Kentucky law that restricted a type of abortion usually performed after the 14th week of pregnancy, ruling it violates a woman's constitutional rights.
On Friday, Kentucky federal judge Joseph McKinley said the law violated the Constitution because it sought to block the procedure before the fetus is considered viable, at about 24 weeks, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported.