(FRANKFORT, Ky) –The following statement is in response to Governor Andy Beshear’s executive order #2024-632.
“Time and again, the Kentucky Supreme Court has told the governor he lacks the power to create policy in the Commonwealth. Yet again, the governor is defying the Supreme Court, the General Assembly, and the doctrine of separation of powers.
“This executive order disregards the First Amendment rights regarding freedom of religion and speech and violates the fundamental parental rights and responsibilities for their children.
“The executive order uses such vague and overbroad language that health care providers are at risk, and children will be left without needed mental health care.”
The following members strongly condemn the governor’s executive order:
Sen. Gary Boswell, R-Owensboro
Sen. Donald Douglas, R-Nicholasville
Sen. Greg Elkins, R-Winchester
Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer, R-Alexandria
Sen. Robby Mills, R-Henderson
Sen. John Schickel, R-Union
Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester
Sen. Lindsey Tichenor, R-Smithfield
Sen. Whitney Westerfield, R-Fruit Hill
Sen. Phillip Wheeler, R-Pikeville
Senate Majority Whip Mike Wilson, R-Bowling Green
Sen. Max Wise, R-Campbellsville
(Angela L. Billings, Director of Communications – Senate Majority Leadership)