![]() The back-and-forth over the reason ban comes after the same federal appeals court signaled in December that it might be willing to allow Tennessee’s fetal heartbeat measure to be implemented. ![]() ![]() The 6th Circuit had blocked that provision in September after previously allowing it to go into effect in 2020. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the request by the Tennessee attorney general’s office to reverse course and temporarily allow the so-called reason ban to be enforced. Notably, the law banned abortion as early as six weeks - a time frame when most women don’t know they’re pregnant - but that portion has remained blocked from going into effect. The ban is part of a sweeping anti-abortion measure that has faced multiple legal challenges since it was enacted in 2020 by Republican Gov. A federal appeals court on Wednesday once again reinstated a Tennessee ban on abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, or because of the race or gender of the fetus.
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