Sen. David Yates has been a vocal opponent of Kentucky's strict abortion laws, which do not allow for exceptions in the case of rape or incest.
The senator wants to change that.
He's refiled a bill that would create those exceptions, including another for cases of fetal anomalies.
"My real goal at the beginning is mostly just to have open, honest conversations and discussions, and continue what we have done before," Yates told WUKY. "We've had more and more victims and people call in to different offices and actually put a face and name with this policy. It's become very real, some of the devastation that that has happened."
Lexington Democratic Rep. Lindsey Burke has filed a bill that would undo all the abortion restrictions that went into place after the reversal of Roe v Wade.
David Walls with the Family Foundation has said the changes would "move Kentucky backward in protecting human rights."
The Democratic bills face long odds in the Republican dominated chambers, but Yates is hoping to force a debate over the issue this session.
