The order, if approved, would deny citizenship to those born after Feb. 19 whose parents are in the country illegally.

House Bill 495, filed by state Rep. David Hale (R-Wellington), seeks to overturn an executive order from Gov. Andy Beshear that bans the controversial practice for minors.

Efforts to add exceptions for cases of rape or incest or when pregnancies are nonviable have made no headway in Kentucky's Republican-supermajority legislature.