TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jul 26, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday filed its final judgement overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade abortions right case, triggering a 30-day countdown to Tennessee’s near-total abortion ban, the Tennessean reports.  The “trigger ban” is set to supersede the six-week ban that has been in place since June. It contains no exceptions for rape or incest or for victims of child sexual abuse. Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery released a statement this afternoon announcing he had notified the Tennessee Code Commission of the judgement which, per the trigger ban legislation, is required of him for the countdown to begin. The ban will take effect on Aug. 25.