Tennessee Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Abortion Delay Law

A Tennessee law requiring women to wait 48 hours after receiving state-mandated information before having an abortion should be allowed to take effect while litigation over its constitutionality is ongoing, Tennessee told the U.S. Supreme Court.

The state filed an emergency application to halt a permanent injunction against the law’s enforcement issued by a federal trial court in October 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reviewing that decision, but a motions panel ruled in February that the injunction will remain in effect while that happens.

Provisions requiring delays between a woman’s consultation with an abortion ...