Alex Acquisto
Reporter at Lexington Herald-Leader
Politics & health reporter, @heraldleader. H-L Guild prez. Past: @bangordailynews, @the_forecaster. @report4america, @SaltInstitute, @WKU alum | she/her
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4 days ago |
kentucky.com | Alex Acquisto
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroomMedicaid cuts in the bill could shutter rural KY hospitals, affecting women's care. Nearly half of KY births in 2023 were covered by Medicaid-funded services. Planned Parenthood warns bill would reduce care for low-income women on Medicaid. Rural Kentucky women will be “bear the brunt” of the impact if Congress passes a bill backed by President Donald Trump that would slash Medicaid spending by billions, Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman said Monday.
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1 week ago |
gazettextra.com | Alex Acquisto
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Louisville woman who sued Kentucky late last year in an effort to overturn the state's near-total abortion ban withdrew her lawsuit on Friday without explanation. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, the plaintiff - referred to with the pseudonym Mary Poe - was roughly seven weeks pregnant when she sued the state in November, challenging two laws that have kept abortion banned in Kentucky since June 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
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1 week ago |
thederrick.com | Alex Acquisto
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Louisville woman who sued Kentucky late last year in an effort to overturn the state’s near-total abortion ban withdrew her lawsuit on Friday without explanation. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, the plaintiff — referred to with the pseudonym Mary Poe — was roughly seven weeks pregnant when she sued the state in November, challenging two laws that have kept abortion banned in Kentucky since June 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
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1 week ago |
arcamax.com | Alex Acquisto |Lexington Herald-Leader
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Louisville woman who sued Kentucky late last year in an effort to overturn the state’s near-total abortion ban withdrew her lawsuit on Friday without explanation. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, the plaintiff — referred to with the pseudonym Mary Poe — was roughly seven weeks pregnant when she sued the state in November, challenging two laws that have kept abortion banned in Kentucky since June 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
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1 week ago |
dailygazette.com | Alex Acquisto |Lexington Herald-Leader
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Louisville woman who sued Kentucky late last year in an effort to overturn the state’s near-total abortion ban withdrew her lawsuit on Friday without explanation. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, the plaintiff — referred to with the pseudonym Mary Poe — was roughly seven weeks pregnant when she sued the state in November, challenging two laws that have kept abortion banned in Kentucky since June 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
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