Posted on 09/17/2021 6:28:50 PM PDT by marshmallow
A federal appeals court ruled against Tennessee’s abortion restrictions on Friday, nine days after another pro-life “heartbeat” law went into effect in Texas.
In July 2020, Tennessee enacted a law restricting abortions at several stages in pregnancy, including abortions conducted after detection of a fetal heartbeat which can occur as early as six weeks post gestation.
The law also prohibited abortions conducted because of the race or sex of the baby, or because of a Down syndrome diagnosis.
On Friday, a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit ruled against both provisions, upholding a lower court’s ruling that halted them from going into effect.
Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey, authoring the majority opinion, wrote that “access to pre-viability abortion is a constitutionally protected right.” Daughtrey noted that “the law remains clear that if a regulation is a substantial obstacle to a woman seeking an abortion, it is invalid.”
The pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List stated on Twitter that the ruling was "disappointing" and that the state's pro-life provisions were "commonsense."
"However we're confident that soon SCOTUS will once again allow states to protect life," the group stated.
The ruling comes as a Texas law restricting most abortions in the state went into effect on Sept. 1. Later this fall, the Supreme Court will also hear oral arguments in the case of a Mississippi law prohibiting most abortions after 15 weeks.
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The booming business of selling baby parts relies on the fetuses being almost fully developed to garner higher prices.
Tired of losing yet? Sigh ...
Ignore the “Court”
Now enforce it!
Packed courts have consequences.
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