Pr22 25 Letter
Pr22 25 Letter
Pr22 25 Letter
July 26,2022
Pursuant to the Human Life Protection Act, 2019 Tenn. Pub. Acts, ch. 351, $ 3, this letter
serves to notifr the Tennessee Code Commissionthat the U.S. Supreme Court issued the judgment
today in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Heqlth Organization, I42 S. Ct. 2228 (2022). Dobbs
ovemrled, in whole or in part, Roe v. Wade,410 U.S. ll3 (L973), as modified by Planned
Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 533 (1992), thereby restoring to the
states their authority to prohibit abortion.
Accordingly, the Human Life Protection Act, codified at Tenn. Code Ann. $ 39-15-213,
shall take effect on the thirtieth day following the Supreme Court issuing the judgmentin Dobbs'
That effective date is August 25,2022.
If the members of the Commission have further questions, feel free to contact me.
Respectfully
Herbert
Attomey General and RePorter