♪ >> Time now for a political check out of the major developments this week so far in Kentuckyian around with our good friend Ryland Barton, who is a senior editor with in PR states team.

Good to see you.

>> It's a 2 run and >> so lets first start talking about this week marked the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe versus Wade.

There's still a robust conversation about abortion access in Kentuckyian around the nation and advocates on both sides of the issues have really been out this week.

I'm talking about what they plan to do next.

Tell us more.

>> of course, Kentucky is one of several states with Republican led Legislature.

Is that pat a trigger ban which need abortion totally illegal in the state after the after rain being Wade was overturned by The Supreme Court also had a six-week ban in place.

So the combination of these 2 means that there's no access to abortion.

Kentucky chopper in some extreme circumstances abortion rights advocates have been pushing the state since then to create sought to expand some sort of exceptions, especially for people in on a lease or in cases of rape and incest.

This is something that the Republican leaders in the legislature have shown a little bit of interest.

And whenever the legislative session actually begins on bills like this never So this has been, yeah, this is what he's trying to turn a lot you know, a lot of politics and energy or but it's still shifting a little bit right now.

you know, advocates are calling for for some exceptions to take place.

That still hasn't happened.

>> Yeah.

And ID ACLU of Kentucky says it is looking for plaintiffs to sue.

I'm still know they tried that I'm back in December and the case was dropped because of the woman that miscarried.

So they're still optimistic that they can take this to court somehow.

>> Right.

And that's the you know, and the whole circumstance there set under the first version of the lawsuit.

It was essential based be abortion providers suing on behalf of patients, the federal courts.

And they didn't have standing in the back.

She needed somebody you know, that was seeking an abortion, but they're such a narrow window.

So a case where that there's a mystery that took place, that the they took the snow water.

A look here that lawsuit.

That's right.

>> The woman who became the face of abortion and reproductive rights in Kentucky.

Hadley devolved, the young woman from Owensboro who we I got to know because appeared in an ad on behalf of Governor Andy Beshear in the 2023 governor's race.

She's back on the political campaign circuit.

Tell us where and why.

>> Yeah, she has to use such a powerful Somebody been in as a as a child and now as and the shoes advocating on behalf you on behalf of this year during his reelection campaign and something that really put Republican candidate Daniel Cameron on the And I think this is something that Democrats are abortion rights advocates season really powerful message that can work on a national level.

Not only in Kentuckyian really it shows how powerful was that it could work in such a, you know, conservative-leaning state like Kentucky, me to be able to take that on the national stage where actually things to lean a little bit more moderate the bat, you know, that could be a winning message President Joe Biden's reelection campaign.

So we'll see how that goes out.

>> Yeah, interesting how all of that ties together.

Isn't it?

And we should as mentioned, we'll talk more about this.

And and the way we know that Governor Andy Beshear's going to spend some time in Iowa and that's not just by pure coincidence Speaking of presidential ambitions.

>> Continues to feel to see how people feel about him on the national stage.

And these are just the steps you take in order to see what would be like it to run for president on down the line or to get picked as a vice presidential candidate.

Yeah.

>> South sickened with some court NewsHour SCOTUS.

The Supreme Court of the United States also has agreed to take up a case involving transgender rights.

And this involves a Tennessee law.

But it could have implications for Kentucky.

We know that they may not actually take this case up until the fall.

But tell us more about this.

There.

>> So the Tennessee and Kentuckyian several other states with Republican the tree struggle sued the Biden administration over expanded protections for LGBTQ students under title 9.

Title 9 the delegates in federal education protections originally affecting sex and gender.

But recently the Biden administration expanded this to include the sexual orientation.

And so it including protections for trans kids and students.

So that Supreme Court says they're going to take out appeal of this case and they will hear it this fall because Tennessee and Kentucky are in the same appeals to serve in whatever happens to this tendency case could have back and transgender rights to play out in Kentucky as well.

This is something that's been playing a lot.

I think there's something.

But 25 states that have to be sort of bans in place restrictions on does say transgender minors restrictions on how teachers talk about sexuality in schools.

Requirements.

The teachers notify the parents when there.

If your kids request set of a pronounced, the bees are all wrapped up in this lawsuit will will see the outcome of that boat.

We still see arguments over the stall.

Yeah.

>> And last the LMPD Louisville Metro Police Department chief is Chief Jacqueline going very well.

She turned her resignation on Tuesday.

This all stems from her handling or mishandling as it were of sexual harassment allegations.

Tell us more about this.

>> Yeah.

The problems in the Louisville Metro Police Department continue.

This is the former police chief since 2020.

She had been suspended a couple weeks ago of her kind of complicated set of circumstances.

But her reaction to sexual harassment claims have been made by one LMPD major against another one after The first major had made those claims during a Bill Royal royal had been promoted to the person who had been accused of bees after about she'd been suspended.

so now a couple weeks after this, the mayor said enough is enough.

We're going she's, you know, she's going to be fired.

We're going to they're going to be bringing in the new interim police chief.

They haven't said when they're not going to have another national search.

this all comes as Louisville Metro Police Department is under Bill.

It's under review from the Department of Justice.

Some 30 years ago.

She Asians with the over how to implement reforms going forward for the police department.

It's it's been a really rocky few years.

I really I mean, even beyond that, the Louisville Metro Police Department and they're trying to straighten things out.

>> Yeah, we have more to come on that.

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