Tennessee court to weigh throwing out abortion ban challenge, blocking portions of the law

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Attorneys defending Tennessee’s sweeping abortion ban have alleged that doctors challenging the law do not want any oversight when deciding to terminate a pregnancy and instead are improperly withholding care to women facing serious medical emergencies.

New Insider Deals are here, and you’re going to love them!Rebecca Milner, a plaintiff in the Nicole Blackmon vs. the State of Tennessee, wipes away tears as she listens to arguments presented by her attorney in court Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. The case challenges the medical necessity exception to Tennessee's total abortion ban.

“You’re basically asking us to redline what the statute says … the big concern is that I’m not sure that we can do what you’re asking us to do,” said Chancellor Kasey Culbreath, one of the judges. The Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing the women and doctors, countered that the GOP-dominated General Assembly wrote the state's abortion ban so overly broad and vague that doctors have no choice but to operate in fear that their decisions on whether to perform an abortion will be second-guessed, undermined and potentially be used to bring career-ending charges against them.

Among the plaintiffs is Rebecca Milner, who learned she was pregnant with her first child in February 2023 after several years of unsuccessful fertility treatments.

 

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