HOW WILL TENNESSEE’S NEW ABORTION LAWS BE ENFORCED?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Some Tennessee police departments say they won’t be focused on making arrests in abortion cases once the state’s trigger laws go into effect.
So who is responsible for enforcing them?

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade returned power to individual states to set their own abortion laws, and in Tennessee, almost all abortions will be illegal by the end of July.
The only exception will be in extreme cases where the procedure is necessary to prevent death or serious injury to a mother.
Many in opposition fear this decision won’t leave options for women who are victims of rape and incest, and that some women will take extreme and unhealthy measures to get access to an abortion.
However, the Metro Nashville Police Department released a statement Tuesday that said they won’t be focused on arresting health care providers who perform the procedure.


