Abortion Rights Group Taps Legal Chief Amid ‘Trigger’ Law Fights

The abortion rights advocacy group on the losing side of last week’s landmark US Supreme Court ruling has a new top lawyer as it looks to stem the fallout from the decision.

Travis “T.J.” Tu has taken over as general counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights Inc., the group said Monday. He replaces outgoing legal chief Andrew Sommer, the center’s first-ever legal chief, who has retired.

The center was co-counsel to the last abortion clinic in Mississippi, which unsuccessfully challenged a state law restricting access to the procedure. The Supreme Court wiped out the constitutional right to an ...