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Alex Acquisto
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Politics & health reporter, @heraldleader. H-L Guild prez. Past: @bangordailynews, @the_forecaster. @report4america, @SaltInstitute, @WKU alum | she/her
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Jun 30, 2022
    BREAKING: A Louisville judge has GRANTED a restraining order blocking Kentucky's trigger law banning abortion from taking effect. It also blocks a 6 wk ban RO is in place until at least next week, which means abortions at EMW & Planned Parenthood can resume until then
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Dec 8, 2023
    NEW: A Kentucky woman who is 8 weeks pregnant has filed a class action lawsuit asking a judge for emergency relief to terminate her pregnancy. She is the 2nd woman this week (other is in Texas) nationwide to ask a judge to intervene on her behalf to get an abortion.
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Jun 30, 2022
    UPDATE: EMW Women's Surgical Center & Planned Parenthood in Louisville will both resume providing abortions beginning Friday morning, July 1. Both clinics are now taking appointments.
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Jun 28, 2022
    Byproduct of KY's abortion ban: A Lexington OB-GYN told me this morning that yesterday, alone, her clinic got *91* appointment requests from women wishing to get surgically sterilized (tubes tied). Said that's far & away the most, ever. Tubals are permanent birth control.
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Nov 2, 2023
    Jack Harlow on the campaign trail w/ Gov. Beshear this morning at UofL. Says they’ve gotten to know each other organically over the last year & a half. Harlow calls Beshear a “hell of a stand-up guy” & says, “you all are all holding the right signs.”
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Nov 6, 2022
    300 Kentucky doctors have penned a public letter urging a No vote on Constitutional Amendment 2. “Kentuckians should have the right to make complex, personal health decisions w/assistance of their docs & health care team — w/out interference from politicians.”
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Feb 28, 2024
    Kentucky Physicians for Reproductive Freedom, who say they represent 275 docs in Ky, are calling for a repeal of Ky’s abortion bans. Dr. Nancy Newman: “Would I come to the state now (to practice)? No, I would not. Our legislators have created a culture of fear.”
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Mar 29, 2023
    Right now, a throng of students & adults are shouting on the steps of Ky Capitol Annex protesting SB150, which includes a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth. Leg is expected to override Beshear’s veto today or tomorrow. They’re shouting, “Trans rights are human rights”
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Nov 12, 2024
    NEW: A KY woman 7 wks pregnant who wants an abortion but cannot legally get one because of Ky's near-total bans, filed a class-action lawsuit today to overturn those bans. This is the 2nd time a pregnant Kentuckian has sued to overturn those laws.
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Nov 5, 2019
    ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ arrives, mentions the Wildcats and how big Rupp Arena is
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Apr 10, 2023
    A memorial service for Joshua Barrick is about to start at Holy Trinity Catholic Church here in Louisville, where he was a parishioner. Barrick, who was 40, was killed today by a gunman in Louisville.
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Feb 28, 2024
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    Dr Michele Elisburg, a pediatrician in Louisville, said she had a 14 y/o patient raped by her 60 y/o landlord who had to carry her pregnancy to term. “Many of my patients are indigent & have very few resources when they have their baby. Is this what we want for our children?”
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Oct 28, 2020
    Virginia Moore, Beshear's ASL interpreter who announced earlier this month that she had stage 1 uterine cancer & needed a hysterectomy, says by video that she's now cancer free. "I am doing very well," she said. "They were able to get all of the cancer out."
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    Alex Acquisto
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    Nov 9, 2022
    AP has called it: Ky voters have REJECTED Amendment 2, which would’ve made clear there is no protected right to abortion in the Ky constitution.