Abortion rights advocates have filed a lawsuit over legislation that would prohibit abortions in Tennessee at the moment a heartbeat can be detected, which can occur about five-and-a-half weeks into a pregnancy.
“The courts have long held that politicians cannot interfere in someone else’s personal, private decision to end their pregnancy,” Thomas Castelli, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, said in a statement.
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