Kentucky’s only Planned Parenthood regains abortion license after three years

Late last week, Kentucky’s only Planned Parenthood clinic was given a provisional license to resume operations, including performing abortions, after more than three years of being forced to halt the procedure. In 2016, former Republican Gov. Matt Bevin ordered the facility to stop providing abortions, which left only one provider in the state. The case had been tied up in courts since. Soon after the current governor, Democrat Andy Beshear, took office in December, his government — which supports abortion rights — told the Planned Parenthood facility that it was working on rescinding Bevin’s order. Beginning in March, the Louisville, Ky.-based facility can resume offering all reproductive health procedures.