Federal Judge Blocks TN “Abortion Trafficking” Law

Law & Crime reports:

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee’s so-called “abortion trafficking law,” which bans adults from helping minors get an abortion without parental permission.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-15-220 was passed by the Tennessee General Assembly on April 24 and signed by Gov. Bill Lee [photo above] on May 28. It went into effect on July 1. It imposes both civil and criminal liability, and does not contain exceptions for cases in which a minor may have been raped by a parent or guardian.

Two abortion rights activists, attorney Rachel Welty and Tennessee Rep. Aftyn Behn [photo below], who is also a social worker, sued to challenge the law.

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