Tennessee Abortion Delay Law to Get Initial Full Court Review

Tennessee’s ability to impose a 48-hour delay on women seeking abortions in the state will be determined by the entire Sixth Circuit, the federal appeals court said.

Bristol Regional Women’s Center and other providers are trying to hang on to a win over the state in litigation alleging the delay law unduly burdens a woman’s right to end a pregnancy before viability. A federal judge permanently blocked it in October 2020.

The state recently lost a request that it be allowed to enforce the law while the litigation is ongoing. An emergency petition seeking the same relief is pending in ...