With the long-held goal of turning back Roe accomplished and the state's strict abortion laws in effect, participants in the event sounded energized but cautious.
With Kentucky voting down an amendment that would have explicitly removed any protection for abortion rights from the state constitution and Democrats viewing the issue as a springboard for 2024, anti-abortion-rights groups were told at the rally in the Capitol Rotunda to stay vigilant.
"Folks, let me give you a word of caution," one speaker said. "Complacency is a deadly foe, especially when lives are hanging in the balance. There are still battles to be fought. Where are those battles to be fought? In the ballot box."
This session, the spotlight is on proposed exceptions for rape and incest to the state's abortion laws, and whether they could win enough support in the GOP-dominated legislature.
Kentucky's high court has yet to rule on whether the state's constitution contains language protecting abortions.
