Tennessee judges say doctors can’t be disciplined for providing emergency abortions

Tennessee Judges Rule Doctors Cannot Face Penalties for Providing Abortions to Save Mothers Life | The Star News Network

by Jennifer Nuelle   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, g…

Tennessee court rules doctors cannot be disciplined for emergency abortions

A three-judge panel in Tennessee ruled that doctors who perform emergency abortions to save the life of the mother cannot be disciplined. Doctors will no longer face penalties or have their medical licenses revoked. The case stems from the state’s abortion ban, which went into effect in 2022 and allows physicians to perform abortions after six weeks in limited emergencies. They include molar or ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, to save the moth…

Tennessee court rules doctors who provide emergency abortions can’t be disciplined

Three judges in Tennessee issued an injunction that temporarily protects doctors in the state from being disciplined for performing medically necessary abortions.   The temporary injunction was issued Thursday in response to a lawsuit filed over a year ago seeking to stop Tennessee’s abortion ban and require officials to clarify the “medical necessity exemption” under the…

Judges temporarily blocks discipline of doctors who perform emergency abortions in Tennessee

A group of doctors attempt to get Gov. Bill Lee's attention after an October 2022 press conference. The Tennessee Medical Association is urging physicians to attend hearings to support legislation to change the state's abortion laws.(Photo:John Partipilo)A three-judge panel ruled Thursday that the limited emergency healthcare exceptions outlined in Tennessee’s near-total abortion law are so vague that doctors have a legitimate fear of prosecutio…

Tennessee judges say doctors can’t be disciplined for providing emergency abortions

Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions

A three-judge panel has ruled that Tennessee cannot discipline doctors who provide emergency abortions to protect the life of the mother while a lawsuit challenging the state’s sweeping abortion ban continues.