Kentucky has not executed a person in more than 15 years. Attorney General Russell Coleman wants to change that, potentially opening the door for Kentucky’s 20-plus people on death row to be ...

A woman in Kentucky who is seeking an abortion filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks to strike down the state’s near-total ban. The suit, filed by a woman referred to in the documents as Mary Poe ...

Dr. Caitlin Bernard, doctor at the center of abortion debate, speaks out to CBS News 03:25. A Kentucky appeals court has reinstated a near-total abortion ban that took effect when the U.S. Supreme ...

The death penalty has been stayed in Kentucky since 2010 amid concern's about the state's execution protocol. ... Download the WHAS11 News app now. For Apple or Android users.

A federal judge in Kentucky issued an order Thursday extending a prohibition on enforcing provisions of a new state law that abortion providers say amounts to a total ban on the procedure.. U.S ...

Kentucky was one of more than a dozen states with trigger laws on the books set to go into effect when the United States Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade in June. Sponsor Message ...

The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that the state's near-total bans on abortion will remain in place while a lawsuit over the matter continues. The bans include a six-week ban and a trigger law ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge granted an injunction on Friday that prevents the state’s near-total ban on abortions from taking effect, meaning the state’s two clinics can continue ...

A Louisville woman who sued to overturn Kentucky’s abortion ban last year withdrew her lawsuit Friday. Her lawyers with the ACLU said they would not provide details as to why.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has filed a motion calling to end the state's death penalty ban. Coleman filed the motion with the Franklin Circuit Court, seeking to ...