A wide-ranging abortion restriction bill, once believed to be scrapped for the year, will now become law in Tennessee.
The bill was passed with Senate rules suspended, as it wasn't on the chamber's legislative calendar, and without any members of the public present.
, though Tennessee's approach, similar to legislation passed in Missouri, is not backed by National Right to Life or most other major anti-abortion groups. "I feel like there was a bargain made on my reproductive health rights in order to get the budget passed," Johnson said.Unlike last year's heartbeat bill, which passed in the House but did not receive support from Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, in the Senate, the new approach includes the additional abortion restrictions and a severability clause.
It would also make it a Class C felony for a doctor to perform an abortion in any of those situations, and the physician must also:Allow the woman to hear the fetal heartbeat and explain the location of the unborn child within the uterus.Provide an explanation of the fetus's dimensions and which external body parts and internal organs are present and visible.
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