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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A three-judge panel on Thursday ruled that Tennessee doctors who provide emergency abortions to protect the life of the mother cannot have their medical licenses revoked or face other disciplinary actions while a lawsuit challenging the state's sweeping abortion ban continues.

The ruling also outlined specific pregnancy-related conditions that would now qualify as "medical necessity exceptions" under the ban, which currently does not include exceptions for fetal anomalies or for victims of rape or incest.
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2 comments:

  1. Good because letting the mother die will only kill the unborn child as well because it cannot survive inside the mother is the mother is dead

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  2. Doctors must be allowed to care for their patients. That includes making the hard decisions, and offering difficult choices to their patients. When you take that choice away from women, we are no longer a civilized society.

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