MEMPHIS CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH v. SLATERY

No. 20-5969.

14 F.4th 409 (2021)

MEMPHIS CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi; Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health; FemHealth USA, Inc., d/b/a carafem; Dr. Kimberly Looney; Dr. Nikki Zite, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Herbert H. SLATERY, III; Lisa Piercey, M.D.; Rene Saunders, M.D., W. Reeves Johnson, Jr., M.D.; Amy P. Weirich; Glenn R. Funk; Charme P. Allen; Tom P. Thompson, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Sarah K. Campbell , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Rabia Muqaddam , CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, New York, New York, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Sarah K. Campbell , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Rabia Muqaddam , Jessica Sklarsky , Jen Samantha D. Rasay , CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, New York, New York, Thomas H. Castelli , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, Nashville, Tennessee, Susan Lambiase , PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, New York, New York, Brigitte Amiri , Andrew Beck , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, for Appellees. David E. Fowler , CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT DEFENSE FUND, Franklin, Tennessee, Michelle K. Terry , AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE, Franklin, Tennessee, Edward L. White III , AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mathew W. Hoffman , ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM, Ashburn, Virginia, John J. Bursch , ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM, Washington, D.C., S. Chad Meredith , OFFICE OF THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL, Frankfort, Kentucky, Priscilla J. Smith , YALE LAW SCHOOL, Brooklyn, New York, Sarah A. Hunger , OFFICE OF THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL, Chicago, Illinois, Janice Mac Avoy , Alexis R. Casamassima , FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLP, New York, New York, Rachel Thorn , Marc Suskin , Caroline Pignatelli , Kaitland Kennelly , Ashlesha Srivastava , Allison Kutner , COOLEY LLP, New York, New York, Darina Shtrakhman , COOLEY LLP, San Francisco, California, Kelly M. Dermody , Tiseme G. Zegeye , Nigar A. Shaikh , LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP, San Francisco, California, Carles Anderson , SISTERREACH, Memphis, Tennessee, Zachary W. Martin , Boston, Massachusetts, Geoffrey M. Wyatt , Washington, D.C., Jon Greenbaum , LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, Washington, D.C., Melissa Cassel , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, San Francisco, California, Zhao Liu , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, Washington, D.C., Stuart M. Sarnoff , Christopher P. Burke , O'MELVENY & MYERS, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae.

DAUGHTREY, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which MOORE, J., joined. THAPAR, J. (pp. 437-62), delivered a separate opinion concurring in judgment in part and dissenting in part.


OPINION

In the early hours of June 19, 2020, the last day of the Tennessee General Assembly's session, the state legislature passed one of the strictest abortion regulations in the country, House Bill 2263. There are two provisions of the Act at issue in this appeal. Section 216 criminalizes the performance...

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