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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 27, 2022

Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk vowed not to prosecute abortion-related cases after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last week, the Tennessean reports. Funk said in a news release that despite the court's decision, he would not “prosecute any woman who chooses to have a medical procedure to terminate a pregnancy or any medical doctor who performs this procedure at the request of their patient.” Two years ago, he made the same commitment after the state legislature passed a law requiring doctors to share certain information about medication abortions. On the national level, Attorney General Merrick Garland criticized the ruling but said the Justice Department will protect the right to seek abortions across state lines. He also warned states against outlawing the shipment of abortion pills into their jurisdiction and urged Congress to codify abortion rights in law. Bloomberg Law has more on his comments.