Judge Blocks New Tennessee Abortion Restrictions

A federal judge halted the roll out of a controversial abortion law in Tennessee less than an hour after Gov. Bill Lee signed it into law. Lee signed the state's wide-ranging abortion ban into law — legislation that will enact some of the nation's most restrictive abortion regulations. He signed the bill around 11 a.m. By 11:45 a.m., the court ruled against the law. Reproductive providers including Planned Parenthood, along with the American Civil Liberties Union and other abortion rights groups filed a lawsuit against the bill in federal court in Nashville in June after the bill passed the Senate 23-5 in an early morning vote. Read more...

 


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