BRISTOL REGIONAL WOMEN'S CENTER, P.C.; Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, on behalf of itself and its patients, Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health; Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, formerly known as Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee, and Dr. Kimberly Looney, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Herbert H. SLATERY, III, Attorney General of Tennessee, Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General of Nashville, Tennessee, Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General of Shelby County, Tennessee; Barry P. Staubus, District Attorney General of Sullivan County, Tennessee, Charme P. Allen, Lisa Piercey, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health, and W. Reeves Johnson, Jr., M.D., President of the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners, in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellants.
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THAPAR, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SUTTON, C.J., GRIFFIN, KETHLEDGE, BUSH, LARSEN, NALBANDIAN, READLER, and MURPHY, JJ., joined. BUSH, J. (pp. 489-91), delivered a separate concurring opinion in which GRIFFIN, J., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 491-520), delivered a separate dissenting opinion in which COLE, CLAY, GIBBONS, WHITE, STRANCH, and DONALD, JJ., joined. GIBBONS, J. (pg. 520), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
THAPAR, Circuit Judge.
Before making life's big decisions, it is often wise to take time to reflect. The people of Tennessee believed that having an abortion was one of those decisions. So they passed a law requiring a waiting period of 48 hours. Although the Supreme Court upheld a similar 24-hour waiting period in Planned Parenthood...
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