JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ky. —

A legal challenge to Kentucky's near-total abortion bans has been dismissed.

The case, Poe v. Coleman, was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and other reproductive rights advocates in an effort to overturn the Human Life Protection Act and the Heartbeat Law.

Attorneys confirmed the lawsuit was voluntarily dropped in Jefferson Circuit Court but did not provide details about why the decision was made.

"Decisions about healthcare are and should remain private, and we will not be providing additional details about the dismissal," said Amber Duke, the ACLU-KY executive director. "People have the right to control their own bodies without government interference, and we will never stop fighting to restore abortion access in Kentucky."

The ACLU said it will c

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