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Dr. Laura Andreson addresses protesters and reporters outside of the Justice A. A. Birch Building on Aug. 25, 2022.

Tennessee doctors who provide abortions during a medical emergency to protect the life of the mother will not be punished, a three-judge panel ruled on Thursday in Davidson County Chancery Court.

The judges determined that an abortion is permitted in the following conditions: premature rupture of the amniotic sac that surrounds the fetus; fatal fetal diagnoses that result in severe preeclampsia or mirror syndrome associated with fetal hydrops; and fatal fetal diagnoses leading to an infection that will result in uterine rupture or potential loss of fertility, in addition to inevitable abortions. 

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