A panel of three Tennessee chancery court judges on Thursday ruled that doctors in the state cannot face penalties or have their licenses revoked for performing emergency abortions. The initial lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban was brought by several plaintiffs in 2023 who asked the court to clarify the situations as to where patients can receive an abortion legally. Tennessee’s abortion ban took effect in 2022, giving restricted exceptions on emergency abortions regarding saving the mother’s life or if the child was not expected to survive through the entire pregnancy. READ :CNN Pa…
