Current Events > Tennessee can impose 6-week abortion ban after Roe v. Wade overturned

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/06/28/tennessee-abortion-ban-trigger-law-roe/7757761001/

A federal court on Tuesday said Tennessee could move forward with its ban on abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy to take effect, citing the Supreme Courts decision overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights case. The decision from the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday vacated a lower court's injunction that blocked the ban from going into effect. GOP supermajorities in the Legislature passed the law in 2020 with Republican Gov. Bill Lees backing, and it was almost immediately blocked in federal court. The Tuesday decision comes before Tennessees other abortion ban, the so-called trigger ban, is expected to restrict abortion almost entirely by mid-August, according to a newly detailed legal interpretation by the state attorney general Tuesday. Both measures would make performing an abortion a felony and subject doctors to up to 15 years in prison. The Tennessee Attorney General's office argued the state "has a valid interest in protecting the lives of unborn Tennesseans," when it asked for a rapid ruling.

Experts have noted that at six weeks, most women dont know theyre pregnant. Ashley Coffield, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, said in response to the ruling, "abortion bans rob people of their ability to make the decisions that are best for themselves, their lives, and their futures." "It is unconscionable that Tennesseans will lose access to abortion in their communities because of this decision," Coffield said in a statement. "Planned Parenthood remains committed to helping people in Tennessee and Mississippi access abortions outside our state, and our doors are open for non-judgmental information, resources, and financial and logistical support." The ruling, and the implementation of Tennessee's trigger law , appears poised to muddy an already complicated legal and health care landscape in the wake of Roe's fall. The state is now expected to enforce two different abortion laws in less than one month. The six-week ban will be in place for just a few weeks before a near-total abortion ban, signed into law in 2019, is expected to go into effect.

Tennessee can go fuck itself

Didn't Kentucky, right next to it, have a trigger law go into effect that banned it completely?

Georgia also has a 6 week ban that may go into effect soon.

Tennessee is the worst state ever

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Fixed. Lots of adult women will die from this as well.