The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) has requested a temporary injunction barring the state of Tennessee from enforcing its near-total abortion ban. The ban’s only exceptions include if the mother’s life or health is threatened by the pregnancy or if the fetus is not expected to survive.

The Tennessee Attorney General’s office asked that the case be dismissed because the argument presented by the plaintiffs lacks merit and the Tennessee state constitution does not guarantee any right to an abortion.

The panel — Judge Sandra Donaghy, Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal and Chancellor Kasey Culbreath  — will issue a ruling after they’ve deliberated over the arguments presented. The two sides spoke for over eight hours on Thursday.

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