Legal Opinion
Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 15, 2000PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · AndersonAnderson, C.J.
in which DROWOTA, BIRCH, and HOLDER, JJ., joined.
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court for Davidson County, which applied an undue burden standard and struck down as unconstitutional the provisions of Tennessee’s criminal abortion statutes requiring that physicians inform their patients that “abortion in a considerable number of cases constitutes a major surgical procedure,” TenmCode Ann. § 39 — 15—202(b)(4) (1997), and mandating a two-day waiting period requirement, § 39 — 15—202(d)(1). The trial court upheld the second trimester hospitalization requirement, § 39-15-201(c)(2), the…
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