Federal appeals court rules against Tennessee abortion bans
Source: The Hill
A federal appeals court on Friday affirmed a lower court's decision to block a Tennessee measure signed into law last year that prohibits abortions after a "fetal heartbeat" is detected and prevents citing a Down syndrome or other medical diagnosis as justification for an abortion.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit said in its ruling that the district court's previous decision on the legislation, known as House Bill 2263, "closely follows the precedents of our circuit and those of the Supreme Court, as well as the persuasive opinions of other circuits."
"Although this circuit's recent and alarming decisions have broadened the extent to which the government may impede a person's constitutional right to choose whether to carry a pregnancy to term, the law remains clear that if a regulation is a substantial obstacle to a woman seeking an abortion, it is invalid," Senior Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey wrote for the majority opinion.
"Any decision to overturn the district court's finding of facts and well-reasoned decision would cast this court in the role of judicial activists," the ruling added.
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