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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTennessee state Senate passes bill to build monument for 'victims of abortion'
The Republican-controlled Tennessee state Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to build a monument for victims of abortion on Capitol grounds, WREG-TV reported.
The proposal would privately raise money to build a memorial named Tennessee Monument to Unborn Children, In Memory of the Victims of Abortion: Babies, Women, and Men.
The 23-3 vote on Monday sends the bill back to the state House, which has already passed the measure once before.
If approved, it will head to the desk of Gov. Bill Haslam (R) to be signed into law.
The monument would be placed on Capitol grounds in Nashville.
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/384800-tennessee-lawmakers-pass-bill-to-construct-monument-honoring-victims-of
Understand this is the same legislature that wishes to punish the city of Memphis for taking down a statue of Confederate General Nathanial Bedford Forrest the founder of the Ku Klux Klan.
bluestarone
(17,062 posts)catbyte
(34,472 posts)AS usual with hypocritical Republicans, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
ck4829
(35,093 posts)genxlib
(5,542 posts)So that we can make sure it is always festooned with coat hangers.
You know...for the true victims of abortion the Republican way.
Aristus
(66,468 posts)Probably nothing important happening in Tennessee today...
Freethinker65
(10,064 posts)I hope it costs billions!!!
muntrv
(14,505 posts)backtoblue
(11,346 posts)So many infants and children die every day and their families cannot afford a basic headstone. What a waste of money that could go toward actually doing good for the communities.