Washington (CNN) The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide next term whether Kentucky's Republican attorney general can defend a controversial abortion-related law that had been struck down by a lower court, keeping the legal fight going. Attorney General Daniel Cameron sought to defend the law after the state's Democratic administration declined to continue doing so. The Kentucky law restricted an abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation, which abortion rights advocates say is a routine second trimester abortion method. Kentucky Republicans have long sought to restrict abortion access, and the Supreme Court's move on Monday highlighted the rift on the issue between Cameron and Democratic Gov. Forty-three states elect attorneys general, which sets up the possibilities that a state governor and the attorney general will disagree, said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law.

Source: CNN March 29, 2021 14:03 UTC