A federal judge on Friday blocked a Tennessee law that required abortionists to advise patients about options for reversing a chemical abortion. Judge William Campbell issued a preliminary injunction (pdf), ruling that the requirement is unconstitutional. Campbell opined that issuing the injunction would preserve the status quo and that the status quo is not harmful to the public’s interest. “In addition, the public interest is served when the legislature acts within its constitutional limits, as set forth in the Bill of Rights,” Campbell wrote. The law has been on hold since a temporary restraining order was issued in September last year. It required abortion providers to provide written instructions to pregnant women who were intending to use a chemical to end the lives of their unborn children that the abortion is reversible through a special treatment. The lawsuit against Tennessee was brought by Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion corporation. …
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