On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit blocked two Tennessee laws—one banning abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy and another banning abortion for certain reasons, including race, gender or genetic anomaly.
, staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights. “These bans would dangerously prevent patients from getting care, and politicians should not get to decide what is an acceptable reason for seeking an abortion.”
The Sixth Circuit issued a preliminary injunction blocking both bans based on a high likelihood that after a full hearing courts will find they violate the U.S. Constitution.
“After Texas rendered the constitutional right to abortion meaningless and other states continued to attack access to care, the Sixth Circuit’s decision to block Tennessee’s six-week abortion ban and reason ban brings some relief,”Outside the Supreme Court after the decision on
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