Pro-abortion groups are hoping the U.S. Supreme Court takes up a case involving a constitutional amendment (Article I, Section 36) in Tennessee – but OneNewsNow spoke with an attorney who doesn't expect the justices to weigh in.

At issue is Amendment 1, which was passed by a solid margin of Tennessee voters in 2014 (53%-47%) after a group of judges declared there's a fundamental right to abortion in Tennessee.

"The people of Tennessee in 2014 overwhelmingly voted and passed a constitutional amendment saying that there is no fundamental right to abortion in Tennessee," says Will Brewer, attorney and director of government relations for Tennessee Right to Life. "Since then, this case has been litigated and is now on its way to the Supreme Court – and we are very confident that they will not take this case."

Why?

"They certainly have jurisdiction over this case, seeing as the plaintiffs in this case are claiming it's a violation of federal rights," he admits. "However, seeing that a ruling in this case would only apply to the state of Tennessee, we feel like the Supreme Court would be not likely to take up this case."

Brewer adds that on January 9, 2018, a three-judge panel at the Sixth Circuit ruled unanimously against the pro-abortion plaintiffs, and a petition for a rehearing by the entire panel Sixth Circuit judges was denied.

"The Supreme Court also does not like to take cases that were decided unanimously on a lower court level," he continues. "So we believe on those two factors that the Supreme Court is not likely to take up this case – and even if by some remote chance they do take up this case, we feel that they will side with the Sixth Circuit."