A federal judge has tossed Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit seeking to invalidate an ordinance outlawing abortion in a major Texas city, arguing a "lack of jurisdiction."
The Volunteer State wants an en banc appeals court to reinstate a law that requires a woman to wait 48 hours before she can get an abortion, arguing similar restrictions in other states have been upheld as constitutional.
Demonstrators on both sides of the abortion issue gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington during the March for Life in January 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
CINCINNATI (CN) In arguments before the entire Sixth Circuit on Wednesday, Tennessee cited U.S. Supreme Court precedent and claimed its mandatory waiting period for abortions should not have been struck down by a federal judge.
Women anxiously await the Supreme Court ruling on a Texas abortion case next year due to the possibility of the case upsetting the Roe v. Wade precedent. The Supreme Court is set to hear a Texas abortion case that currently bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and lets random parties sue abortion providers, according.
Minnesota reproductive rights advocates say if that happens more out-of-state residents could seek abortions here, or state lawmakers could seize on the momentum of the Supreme Court’s decision to pass more restrictions.