This case is about the right to build a life without state intervention

By: Lisa Sobel

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: June 1, 2026

Words: 618

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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We won.

I keep typing that and staring at it. On May 1, 2026, Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian C. Edwards ruled in Sobel v. Cameron that Kentucky’s statutory definition of “human being” as beginning at fertilization was unconstitutionally vague. With this ruling, the Court recognized that Kentucky’s laws created real fear and real confusion.

The timing of this ruling feels very Jewish to me. My co-plaintiffs and I filed just after Yom Kippur in 2022. …

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