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House Committee Kills Ultrasound Bill

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: February 24, 2011

Senate Bill 9, the Ultrasound/Informed Consent bill, went down to defeat in the Kentucky House Health and Welfare Committee today. This marks the seventh year in a row that similar measures to give a woman considering an abortion the opportunity to see an ultrasound of her developing baby before making a final decision have been […]

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Four Pro-life Bills Killed; SB 9 Still Alive

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: February 18, 2011

It was no particular surprise but four pro-life bills were killed by the Kentucky House Health and Welfare Committee yesterday. The one silver lining is that Senate Bill 9 is still in play. This bill would require an abortionist to give a woman considering an abortion the opportunity to see an ultrasound of her developing […]

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Committee Switches Bills for Hearings

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: February 16, 2011

Here’s an update to today’s earlier post. We now understand that rather than Senate Bill 9 (the Ultrasound Consent bill) and House Bill 215 (a bill to prohibit abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy) the Kentucky House Health and Welfare Committee will hold its hearings on two different abortion bills on Thursday. According to […]

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She’s Having a Fetus!

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: January 21, 2011

Sometime the discussion about abortion gets caught up in euphemisms and word play which serves to disguise, soften or sanitize what is really going on in our country today. Take a look at this rhetoric when placed in the context of an imagined but quite realistic setting in this excellent blog post published last year […]

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‘Life’ More Than a Sunday School Lesson

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: January 16, 2011

Kentucky Baptist Convention churches that use Sunday school material from LifeWay Christian Resources focused on sanctity of human life issues during their lesson time today. This happens annually as the Southern Baptist Convention seeks to draw attention to this important topic during January of each year. This year, the KBC Committee on Public Affairs wants […]

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Full Senate Approves Ultrasound Bill

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: January 7, 2011

Senate Bill 9, the Ultrasound Informed Consent bill, went even faster through the Kentucky Senate than expected this week. Approval by the full Senate came on Thursday afternoon for the bill that will require giving a woman considering an abortion the opportunity to see an ultrasound of her developing baby before making a final decision. […]

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Ultrasound Bill Passes Senate Committee

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: January 6, 2011

A bill requiring a woman seeking an abortion to be given the opportunity to see an ultrasound image of her developing baby before the procedure takes place has been approved by the Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee of the Kentucky Senate. It now goes on to a vote by the full Senate possibly […]

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Churches Invited to ‘Stand’ for Life

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: December 17, 2010

January 16 is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday on the Southern Baptist Convention calendar and churches are encouraged to use this day as an opportunity to help educate their congregations about this important topic. Help is available through an initiative called “The Invitation Stands.” This initiative seeks to build closer relationships between SBC churches and […]

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