Tennessee Attorneys Appeal Loss in Abortion Trafficking Law Case

Eleven Tennessee prosecutors are appealing a federal court order barring them from enforcing a speech-related provision that prohibits helping minors from geting abortions in other states.

The move will require the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to decide if a part of the law making it a crime to “intentionally recruit” a minor in Tennessee for an abortion that would be illegal in the state unconstitutionally restricts reproductive rights advocates’ free speech based on their viewpoint. The US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee permanently enjoined the law in July, holding that the provision violates ...