Tennessee | June 24, 2021
Congress Must Restore Hyde Amendment, Tennessee Attorney General Herb Slatery Says
Tennessee | June 24, 2021
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III and 21 other state attorneys general urged Congress to maintain the Hyde Amendment in the 2022 budget.
The amendment prohibits the use of federal funds for abortions. Members of the Biden administration removed the amendment despite its inclusion in federal budgets for the last 45 years.
This, according to a press release that Slatery and members of his staff emailed this week.
In a letter, the attorneys general called on Congress to resist the president’s efforts to force taxpayers who object to abortions to pay for them.
“The Hyde Amendment has been an area of common ground in the fight over abortion,” Slatery said in the press release.
“Prohibiting the federal funding of most abortions is what both Democrats and Republicans have supported for decades and should not be changed.”
In their letter, the attorneys general said many taxpayers object to funding abortion or moral or religious grounds and to force them to do so is unconscionable.
“Congress should resist following President Biden down this path and should instead maintain the Hyde Amendment language in the budget it ultimately passes,” according to the letter….
(Excerpt from the Tennessee Star)
Tennessee | May 10, 2021
Facebook Permanently Blacklists LifeSite News
Tennessee | May 10, 2021
The pro-life news website LifeSiteNews has been removed from Facebook accusing the group of violating policies regarding COVID-19.
According to reports Facebook permanently blacklisted the LifeSite’s page over “false information about COVID-19” and “vaccine discouraging information.”
Via LifeSite News:
In a quick series of notices and emails to LifeSiteNews’ marketing department, Facebook delivered the shocking news, accusing LifeSite of publishing “false information about COVID-19 that could contribute to physical harm.”
Facebook also said that they deplatform Facebook pages that publish “vaccine discouraging information on the platform.”
Facebook cited an article posted on April 10, 2021, headlined “COVID vaccines can be deadly for some.”
“Much like when LifeSite was removed from YouTube, this comes with little surprise,” noted LifeSiteNews Marketing Director Rebekah Roberts. “We have known this day was coming for months now.”
Mainstream news websites have reported on deadly reactions to COVID-19 vaccines, according to Breitbart. One headline read “21 People Experienced Anaphylaxis After Getting the Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine, CDC Says” and in the subheading read “officials say the potentially deadly reactions were ‘exceedingly rare’ and that vaccination is ‘an important tool in efforts to control the pandemic,’” according to the report….
(Excerpts from The Tennessee Star)
Tennessee | May 7, 2021
Bill Declaring Personhood Begins at Conception Passes Tennessee General Assembly
Tennessee | May 7, 2021
According to a bill passed Thursday by the Tennessee General Assembly, the unborn are people at the moment of conception. This was accomplished through changes to civil law, by extending wrongful death liability for the unborn all the way to conception. In effect, this legislation confers personhood the moment an egg is fertilized.
The legal change in the civil definition of personhood wasn’t presented in the caption text. It was mentioned once in a single sentence under the bill’s summary. Additionally, the name given to the bill by the sponsors – the “Prenatal Life and Liberty Act” – wasn’t mentioned anywhere in the bill’s language, caption text, or summary.
Under current Tennessee law, someone who murders a woman and her unborn child may be charged with double homicide. In civil court, however, an individual may only be sued for the woman’s death – not an unborn child preceding viability outside the womb. This bill would allow the civil definition of human victims to mirror the definition of a human being in criminal law.
The bill also prevents any child or parent from filing civil causes of action against doctors for not disclosing certain conditions that may have influenced an abortion decision. Those actions are legally referred to as “wrongful life” and “wrongful birth,” respectively.
State Senator Mike Bell (R-Riceville), the sponsor on the act, explained during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that wrongful birth and life claims are common law concepts – not enshrined in Tennessee Code. Since they aren’t in state law, they’re up to judicial interpretation…
(Excerpts from The Tennessee Star)
Tennessee | April 26, 2021
Tennessee’s 48-hour abortion waiting period law reinstated
Tennessee | April 26, 2021
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has allowed a Tennessee law requiring women seeking an abortion to wait 48 hours before they can undergo the procedure to take effect until a ruling on the law’s constitutionality is reached.
In a brief opinion released last Friday, a majority of judges on the Sixth Circuit agreed to stay a lower court ruling that placed an injunction on the 2015 waiting period law and granted an appeal in the case.
“It is further ORDERED that the motion to stay the district court’s judgment and injunction pending appeal is GRANTED, and that our prior opinion to the contrary … is VACATED,” stated the order.
The order comes after a federal court struck down the waiting period in October 2020. The state’s appeal of that decision is pending….
(Excerpts from the Christian Post)
Tennessee | April 22, 2021
Legislature Passes Bill Recognizing Humanity of Babies Killed in Abortions
Tennessee | April 22, 2021
A Tennessee bill that requires abortion facilities bury or cremate the remains of aborted babies is on its way to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk.
WREG News 3 reports the state Senate passed the pro-life bill Wednesday in a 27-6 vote. The state House approved the bill Monday.
“These unborn children, many of them up to almost full term, deserve the same dignity as any other human being,” said state Rep. Tim Rudd, R-Murfreesboro, the lead sponsor of the bill.
State House Bill 1181 requires abortion facilities to bury or cremate the remains of aborted babies from surgical abortions and pay the costs. Mothers would be allowed to decide the location for final disposition and choose between burial and cremation. Exceptions would be allowed for criminal investigations and miscarriages.
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The pro-life bill is one of the ways lawmakers hope to provide at least some dignity to unborn babies while Roe v. Wade remains. Last year, state lawmakers passed a heartbeat law to protect unborn babies by banning almost all abortions in Tennessee. However, a federal court blocked the law…
(Excerpts from Life News)
Tennessee | April 10, 2021
Bill Advances Requiring Aborted Babies to be Buried Or Cremated
Tennessee | April 10, 2021
A bill advanced through the Tennessee state legislature this week that would require abortion facilities to bury or cremate the remains of aborted fetuses.
The SB828/HB1181 bill made its way through state legislature committees in the House and Senate on Wednesday. The language of SB828 and HB1181 read, “Final disposition of fetal remains from a surgical abortion at an abortion facility must be by cremation or interment.” It also adds that a pregnant woman who has a surgical abortion has the right to decide if the fetal remains are cremated or buried, as well as the location for either to take place. If the woman does not want to make that decision, the abortion facility is given the right to do so…..
(Excerpts from The Daily Wire)