The medical emergency exception in Tennessee's abortion ban is unclear, a Tennessee court has ruled, barring the state from enforcing the ban in case of certain medical conditions while a lawsuit by doctors and women who say they were denied abortions goes forward.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The ruling comes after doctors and patients sued, arguing that the medical exception to Tennessee's near-total abortion ban was so vague that doctors weren't performing medically necessary abortions out of fear of facing criminal charges.

Three judges in Tennessee issued an injunction that temporarily protects doctors in the state from being disciplined for performing medically necessary abortions. The temporary