CNA Staff, Mar 31, 2020 / 17:30 pm
Kentucky's attorney general has joined the national controversy over whether abortion clinics can continue to operate at a time when other surgeries and procedures have been canceled or delayed to conserve medical resources to combat the novel coronavirus.
"Abortion providers should join the thousands of other medical professionals across the state in ceasing elective procedures, unless the life of the mother is at risk, to protect the health of their patients and slow the spread of the coronavirus," Kentucky's Attorney General Daniel Cameron said March 27.
The attorney general has asked Kentucky's Acting Secretary of Health and Family Services Eric Friedlander to certify that abortion providers are not essential under the governor's executive order barring non-essential medical procedures. The certification is necessary to act against any abortion clinics in violation.
According to Cameron, the certification would advance the goals of conserving medical supplies and advancing the "social distancing" deemed necessary to slow the spread of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.