Opinion | Tennessee is subverting women's health - The Washington Post

… "While it allows abortion treatments in cases where a woman's life is in danger, it still requires physicians to defend themselves in court, putting their licenses on the line," the Knoxville NBC News affiliate reports. As for the health of the mother, the physician will have the burden of proof to show "serious and permanent bodily injury" would occur if the abortion were not performed. 

Moreover, the law discriminates against those with mental health issues. ABC News reports, "Under the ban, abortions cannot be authorized based on a 'claim or diagnosis' relating to mental health, including claims that the woman would 'engage in conduct that would result in her death or substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function,' according to the law." A woman whose pregnancy might trigger a relapse of schizophrenia, panic attacks or life-threatening depression would be denied abortion care…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/31/tennessee-abortion-ban/