Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have added several medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Kentucky’s abortion ban allows an exception when the life of the mother is at risk, but where does the law draw that line? State lawmakers debated that question at length Thursday before delivering a “clarification” bill to the governor’s desk.

The Republican-controlled Senate health committee announced Thursday morning that it was canceling a planned hearing on Weldon's nomination — less than an hour before it was scheduled to begin. A person familiar with the matter,