KRS 311.710: Legislative findings.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds and declares:

(1) That it is in the interest of the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky that every

precaution be taken to insure the protection of every viable unborn child being

aborted, and every precaution be taken to provide life -supportive procedures to

insure the unborn child its continued life after its abortion; and

(2) That currently, in the Commonwealth, there is inadequate legislation to protect the

life, health and welfare of pregnant women and unborn human life; and

(3) That it is in the interest of the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to

maintain accurate statistical data to aid in providing proper maternal health

regulations.

(4) It is the intention of the General Assem bly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to

assure the integrity and autonomy of a woman's decision whether to submit to an

abortion or to carry her child to term, to protect the rights and interests of a minor

incompetent woman and her parents in the context o f abortion, to further the

Commonwealth's compelling interest in protecting the formal integrity of the

marital relation and the procreative rights and interests of the husband, and to

provide for the development of statistical data. The General Assembly f inds as fact

that the rights and interests furthered by this chapter are not secure in the context in

which abortion is presently performed.

(5) It is the present intention of the General Assembly to protect the valid and

compelling interests of the Common wealth and its inhabitants without unduly

burdening a woman's constitutional privacy rights as delineated by the courts. If,

however, the United States Constitution is amended or relevant judicial decisions

are reversed or modified, the declared policy of this Commonwealth to recognize

and to protect the lives of all human beings regardless of their degree of biological

development shall be fully restored.