By Gabriella Borter

(Reuters) – On Wednesday, Kentucky banned legal abortion access. The legislature passed a broad anti-abortion bill that went into effect immediately and requires providers to cease offering abortions until certain conditions are met.

Kentucky is now the only U.S. state that has legal abortion access after Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that established abortion rights before the fetus can be viable.

The bill was challenged by abortion rights advocates groups.

This law contains requirements the state clinics feel make it difficult or too expensive for them to follow, such as a requirement that all fetal remains must be cremated and interred.

This law requires that a stillbirth or combination certificate be issued for every abortion. It also bans any abortions performed after the 15th week of gestation.

Andy Beshear of Kentucky, a Democrat vetoed it on Friday. However, the Republican-majority House & Senate overrode him on Wednesday evening.

Beshear, in his veto-letter expressed concern about the bill’s lack of exceptions for abortions during rape and incest cases. He also stated that it was likely to be unconstitutional because of its requirements on providers.

Incest andrape are serious crimes. Beshear said that these victims should have choices.

Beshear was vetoed by the legislature on Wednesday. The legislation overrode that veto and also passed a bill prohibiting trans girls playing girl’s sports.

According to Tamarra Wieder, Planned Parenthood’s Kentucky director Tamarra Rehm, two provisions of the legislation prohibit the operation state-run abortion clinics.

First, the requirement for the state Board of Pharmacy to certify abortion providers that they can dispense pills. Before abortion providers can be certified they cannot offer medications abortions.

Second, the requirement that all fetal remains must be cremated/interred. This places a burden on clinics and causes them to incur costs that are too high.

Telehealth is also banned in the bill. Patients who want to terminate their pregnancy via pill must visit a doctor.

Republican-led state legislatures have passed ever more restrictive abortion bans this past year in anticipation of a U.S. Supreme Court order that could make the bans more durable. Oklahoma’s governor has signed an almost-total abortion ban, which will go into effect on Tuesday.

On a case involving a Republican backed Mississippi law, the Supreme Court will rule before the end June. It gives its conservative majority a chance for the historic 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling which legalized abortion across the country to invalidate or to repeal it.

The conservative justices indicated a willingness during arguments to drastically curtail the rights of abortion in America.