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GEORGE v. HARGETT

No. 16-5563.

879 F.3d 711 (2018)

Tracey E. GEORGE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Tre HARGETT, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 9, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Sarah K. Campbell , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. William L. Harbison , SHERRARD ROE VOIGT & HARBISON, PLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Sarah K. Campbell , Andrée S. Blumstein , Janet M. Kleinfelter , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. William L. Harbison , C. Dewey Branstetter Jr. , Phillip F. Cramer , Hunter C. Branstetter , SHERRARD ROE VOIGT & HARBISON, PLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees. Daniel A. Horwitz , LAW OFFICE OF DANIEL A. HORWITZ, Nashville, Tennessee, J. Alex Little , BONE McALLESTER NORTON PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, Scott P. Tift , BARRETT JOHNSTON MARTIN & GARRISON, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Amici Curiae.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH, GILMAN, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

In November 2014, Tennessee voters approved an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution making clear that the Constitution is not to be construed as securing or protecting a right to abortion or requiring funding of an abortion. Understandably, the amendment was a matter of no small controversy. In fact...

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