A federal circuit court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that requires doctors to provide pregnant women seeking an abortion with materials about the safety of the procedure and have them wait two days before performing the procedure…
The decision is the latest development in a decades-long legal saga surrounding the 48-hour rule. The state first enacted the law in 1978, but a federal court blocked it based on a case that predated Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a case in which the Supreme Court upheld a 24-hour waiting period for an abortion…
“An honest look at the record compels but one conclusion: a law that peddles in stigma, forces women into unnecessary and invasive surgical procedures, and forces low-income women to sacrifice basic necessities for themselves and their families in order to obtain an abortion is nothing if not an undue burden,” Moore wrote. “I dissent.”…
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Hallelujah! To God be the glory! He makes a way!
I lift up Judge Moore, May her eyes and heart be opened to receive faith in Jesus as her Lord and Savior. Oh, that soon she praises God for His victory over her blind decision in this case. Almighty God is at work! All glory and honor and praise to Him who sits on the throne!
In the name of our
Lord Jesus, Amen
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