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.
Federal ruling looms in legal challenge to Detroit s recreational pot law
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A federal judge in Detroit heard arguments Thursday in a legal battle that has halted the processing of applications for recreational marijuana businesses in the city.
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman last month ordered Detroit to temporarily stop processing applications amid a lawsuit that argues a provision of a new ordinance regulating recreational pot operations gives unfair preference to longtime residents deemed legacy Detroiters.
Friedman granted the preliminary injunction in favor of Crystal Lowe, a resident and prospective marijuana business operator, who sued the city over the ordinance on claims the law is discriminatory and limits her chances.
Appeals court reinstates Tennessee abortion waiting period
April 24, 2021
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A federal appeals court has reinstated a 48-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions in Tennessee as the state appeals a judge s ruling in the case.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling Friday in a case that stems from a challenge to a 2015 law in Tennessee that required women to make two trips to an abortion clinic first for mandatory counseling and then for the abortion at least 48 hours later.
Directors of Tennessee abortion clinics testified at a 2019 trial that the two-visit requirement posed logistical challenges that caused abortions to be delayed far beyond the 48 hours required by law. The delay pushed some women beyond the time when they could have medication abortions, which have lower risks of complications than surgical abortions. A few women were pushed beyond the time when they could receive an abortion altogether.