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Court lets Tennessee 6-week abortion ban take effect

FILE - Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery speaks to reporters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 9, 2019, in Washington. A federal court on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, allowed Tennessee's ban on abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy to take effect, citing the Supreme Court's decision last week to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights case. Slatery filed an emergency motion on Friday, June 24, to allow the state to begin implementing the six-week ban. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FILE - Abortion-rights demonstrator Jessica Smith holds a sign in front of the Hamilton County Court House on May 14, 2022, in Chattanooga, Tenn. A federal court on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, allowed Tennessee's ban on abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy to take effect, citing the Supreme Court's decision last week to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights case. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

FILE - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee delivers his State of the State address in the House Chamber of the Capitol building on Jan. 31, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. A federal court on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, allowed Tennessee's ban on abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy to take effect, citing the Supreme Court's decision last week to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights case. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)

Court lets Tennessee 6-week abortion ban take effect