The federal appeals court upheld Tennessee ban on 6-week abortion

• The state already has a trigger law that comes into effect 30 days after Roe v. Wade however overturned.
• A Louisiana judge temporarily blocked the state’s trigger law against abortion on Monday.

The state already has a trigger law that comes into effect 30 days after Roe v. Wade is overturned. A Louisiana judge temporarily blocked the Tennessee trigger law against abortion on Monday.

After the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade last week. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided on Tuesday that a Tennessee law prohibiting abortion after six weeks of pregnancy could go into effect.

Following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision by the Supreme Court. Herbert Slatery, the attorney general of Tennessee, filed an emergency application. He asked the court to permit the state to carry out the statute.

Before Friday’s decision, the regulations drew criticism for forbidding abortion at a period. Some women however still oblivious to the fact that they were pregnant.

With the Dobbs decision, Tennessee moreover prepared to enact an even more stringent prohibition. The state already has a trigger statute that outlaws abortion completely should Roe v. Wade be overturned.

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The law states that it comes into force 30 days following the Supreme Court’s decision.

When abortion required to stop the mother from passing away or from having “severe danger of considerable and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.” Both the trigger law and the present six-week ban have exceptions.

A Louisiana state judge temporarily blocked the state’s trigger law against abortion on Monday. They allowing the procedure to go through at least until a hearing on July 8.