The two measures are the so-called Kentucky Trigger Act and the Heartbeat Act, which limits abortions to about six weeks of pregnancy.
The court granted a request for a restraining order filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, its head in Kentucky and Planned Parenthood Great Northwest. A hearing on the interim order is scheduled for next Wednesday, according to the ACLU, which filed the case on behalf of the abortion providers.
The plaintiffs allege that the two U.S. laws violate the rights to “confidentiality, bodily autonomy, and self-determination” in the Kentucky Constitution.
“I am glad that the court recognized the devastation that is happening in Kentucky and decided to block the brutal abortion bans in the British community,” said a statement from the groups that demanded the restraining order. “Since the Supreme Court overturned Rowe last Friday, many Kentucky residents have been forced to become pregnant against their will or flee their home state in search of basic care.
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest said later Thursday that it would be able to resume providing abortion care in Kentucky and encouraged patients to call to make appointments.
The EMW Women’s Surgical Center, an abortion provider and plaintiff in the case, plans to resume abortion care on Friday, according to the Kentucky ACLU.
Daniel Cameron, Kentucky’s Republican Attorney General, said the state would continue to defend the law.
Kentucky Act triggers abortion and makes it a crime, with limited exceptions, to prevent the death or serious injury of the mother.
In recent days, abortion advocates have filed lawsuits in at least seven states, including Kentucky, to block or delay the implementation of abortion bans as a U.S. Supreme Court ruling clears the way for states to ban the procedure.
This story has been updated with additional details.
CNN’s Tierney Sneed contributed to this report.
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