Bill > HB751

This bill proposes to amend the Kentucky Constitution to establish a fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which would protect an individual's ability to make comprehensive decisions about pregnancy, including prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion, miscarriage management, and infertility care. The proposed amendment would prevent the state from denying or burdening this right unless there is a compelling state interest achieved through the least restrictive means. While the state could regulate abortion after fetal viability (defined as the point when a fetus has a significant likelihood of survival outside the uterus), it could not prohibit an abortion that is medically necessary to protect the pregnant person's life or physical or mental health. The bill also explicitly prohibits the state from penalizing, prosecuting, or taking adverse action against a person based on pregnancy outcomes or for assisting someone in exercising their reproductive rights. If approved, the amendment would be submitted to Kentucky voters for ratification, with specific requirements for publication and inclusion on election ballots, ensuring that voters have full visibility into the proposed constitutional change.