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TexasTowelie

(111,938 posts) Fri Jun 19, 2020, 03:33 AM Jun 2020

Legislature passes anti-abortion bill after midnight

The Tennessee Legislature overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday, June 18, 2020, designed to prohibit abortion, when the Senate took up the measure after midnight even though it was not on the chamber’s priority list.

With a 23-5 vote, the Senate passed Gov. Bill Lee’s legislation, which is designed to stop the procedure once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The move came after state troopers removed pro-choice protesters from the balcony, which was closed to the public.

In a 68-17 vote, the House approved an amended version of Gov. Bill Lee’s legislation, HB2263, designed to stop the procedure when a fetal heartbeat is detected.

The legislation was an apparent bargaining chip the Senate opted to bring up in negotiating a budget with the House.

Read more: https://dailymemphian.com/section/metro/article/14954/tennessee-house-anti-abortion-bill

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Legislature passes anti-abortion bill after midnight (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2020 OP

K&R! SheltieLover Jun 2020 #1

We will BigOleDummy Jun 2020 #2

Here's hoping it gets fought in court. sakabatou Jun 2020 #3

Never mind Dios Mio Jun 2020 #4

Studies prove that low cost and long term contraception lowers the abortion rate by 80%. I haven't Maraya1969 Jun 2020 #5

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

1. K&R!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 04:14 AM

Jun 2020

TN already had passed a bill recently to outlaw abortion the minute the SC overturns Roe. 🤬

BigOleDummy

(2,260 posts)

2. We will

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 04:37 AM

Jun 2020

We will see much more of this stupidness the closer we get to November I bet. The far right crazies are rightfully getting a little scared of the blue wave coming and want to get all they can while they can. It's going to take a long time to get our country free again.