Tennessee Abortion Bans to Get Second Look at Sixth Circuit

The full Sixth Circuit will consider the constitutionality of Tennessee laws that ban abortions as early as six weeks’ gestation or are sought because of the fetus’s race, sex, or Down syndrome diagnosis, the court said.

A three-judge panel upheld a lower court decision that blocked the laws from taking effect in September. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated the decision and announced Wednesday that all its active judges will take another look at the case.

The order granting rehearing en banc came on the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments ...