Tennessee lawmakers defeat abortion bill protecting mother's life

[RandySF]

A Tennessee House panel rejected legislation Tuesday that would have allowed doctors to end a pregnancy to save the life of the mother without facing criminal charges.

The Republican-controlled Population Health Subcommittee voted 8-2 against HB179, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Yusuf Hakeem of Chattanooga, keeping it from moving to the full Health Committee.

The measure would have allowed physicians to perform abortions in cases of rape and incest without the threat of a felony charge under the state’s restrictive abortion law.

The vote came after a young woman testified that she was conceived in rape.



https://tennesseelookout.com/briefs/tennessee-lawmakers-defeat-abortion-bill-protecting-mothers-life/

[La Coliniere]

1. Sorry Dollywood, my boycotting of this effed up state will continue.

As well as my boycott of all red states. Won’t spend a penny in states I used to be able to visit without any thoughts of boycotting them because of politics although I knew my politics were very different than the majority of those states’ citizens.