The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the ballot amendment known as Amendment 1 ‐ which won by a 53 percent margin ‐ by a 3-0 opinion.
According to the Tennessean, the measure added language to the state constitution that reads, in part: "Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion."
Eight voters who opposed the measure ‐ including the former chairman of the board of Planned Parenthood
...has received federal funding since 1970, when President Richard Nixon signed into law the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act. It is sometimes described as the gynecololgical wing of the Democratic party.‐ challenged the vote’s results, demanding a recount, and won at the trial court level.