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The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals just allowed a 48-hour mandatory waiting period for abortion to take effect immediately in Tennessee. Because of this ruling, patients in waiting rooms across Tennessee right now are being sent home.

This restriction will make abortion harder to access for all patients, especially those who already face barriers to health care. The law requires patients to make an additional, medically unnecessary trip to a provider and wait at least two days to access abortion services after receiving in-person, state-mandated biased counseling.

The stakes in this case continue to grow, and we need you with us to see it through to the end. Make an emergency gift of $35 or more right now to defend abortion access in Tennessee and around the world.

The full Sixth Circuit granted the state's request to suspend a lower court's decision striking down the 48-hour waiting period while the state's appeal remains pending. The order comes after a three-judge panel of the appellate court denied the state's request in February 2021. A federal district court struck down the law in October 2020.

Patients do not need a state-mandated ‘time out’ before accessing abortion care or any other type of health care. Not only is this law condescending and demeaning, it also needlessly endangers patients by forcing them to make additional, unnecessary trips to a clinic in the middle of a global pandemic.

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In solidarity,

Center for Reproductive Rights