Chief Court of Appeals judge orders probe of leaked abortion ruling
The chief judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals has asked state police to investigate who leaked a confidential abortion rights ruling to The Courier-Journal and whether criminal laws were broken in the process.
The newspaper published a story last January about the secret decision in which the court ruled 2-1 that minor girls from other states may ask Kentucky judges for permission to have abortions without their parents’ consent.
The court’s ruling, which reversed Jefferson District Judge David Bowles, was issued confidentially under a state law and court rules that allow girls to appeal such decisions anonymously. The newspaper obtained a copy of the decision, which identified the girl only by her initials.
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