More Women Denied Abortion Care Join Center’s Case Against Tennessee
Number of pregnant people harmed by U.S. state abortion bans continues to grow.
2024
More Women Join Abortion Lawsuit Against Tennessee
01.08.24 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, four more women came forward to join a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights against the state of Tennessee (Blackmon v. State of Tennessee). The lawsuit, one of four similar cases brought by the Center in cases with total abortion bans, asks the court to clarify the scope […]
Motion for Temporary Injunction: Blackmon v. State of Tennessee
Plaintiffs’ Stories: Blackmon v. State of Tennessee
Stories of four Tennessee women—each denied abortion care after facing dangerous pregnancy complications—who joined this case as plaintiffs on January 8, 2024.
First Amended Complaint: Blackmon v. State of Tennessee
Brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of three women denied abortion care and two physicians, Blackmon v. State of Tennessee challenges the limited scope of the “emergent medical condition” exception to Tennessee’s total abortion ban. On January 8, 2024, four additional women joined the case, bringing the total number of plaintiffs to nine.
Supreme Court Says Idaho Hospitals Don’t Have to Provide Emergency Abortions Under Federal Law, for Now
High Court reinstates Idaho abortion ban despite federal law requiring hospitals to stabilize patients in emergency rooms; the Court will hear the case in full this April
U.S. Repro Watch, January 3
Idaho fails in its efforts to dismiss “medical exceptions” case, women stocking up on abortion pills, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.
