Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXVI. Occupations and Professions § 311.715.Use of public agency funds for abortion prohibited; use of public medical facilities for in-vitro fertilization permitted; distribution of public agency funds to entity that performs or counsels for abortion or family planning prohibited; order of priority for awarding federal family planning funds upon repeal of federal regulations that bar prioritizing recipients

(1) As used in this section, “public agency funds” means any money, regardless of the original source of the money, of a public agency.

(2) Public agency funds shall not be used for the purpose of obtaining an abortion or paying for the performance of an abortion. Public medical facilities may be used for the purpose of conducting research into or the performance of in-vitro fertilization as long as such procedures do not result in the intentional destruction of a human embryo.

(3) Public agency funds shall not be directly or indirectly used, granted, paid, or distributed to any entity, organization, or individual that performs, induces, refers for, or counsels in favor of abortions. This subsection shall not apply to funding available through KRS 205.510 to 205.560 to the minimum extent necessary to comply with federal conditions for the state's participation in the program established by KRS 205.510 to 205.560 or to funding that is used to provide abstinence education in schools.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to deprive a woman of all appropriate medical care necessary to prevent her physical death.

(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow public funds to pay for in-vitro fertilization procedures performed on any individual patient.