Tennessee Abortion Allies Fight Trafficking Ban for Minors (1)

June 27, 2024, 6:20 PM UTCUpdated: June 28, 2024, 12:13 PM UTC

A new Tennessee law that criminalizes a wide range of conduct intended to help pregnant minors get legal abortions in other states without their parents’ consent is unconstitutional, a group of abortion allies says.

SisterReach Inc. and Midwest Access Coalition Inc. sued Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti (R) and various district prosecuting attorneys on Thursday in the US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, seeking to have the law declared invalid and to bar potential future prosecutions against them.

Abortion travel has increased significantly since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022’s Dobbs v. Jackson ...

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