Bill criminalizing people who help pregnant minors find abortion care outside Tennessee heads to governor's desk

[RandySF]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill that criminalizes people who help pregnant minors find abortion care outside of Tennessee passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday. It previously passed the Senate and is expected to land on Governor Bill Lee's desk soon.

The bill, HB 1895, makes it a Class-A misdemeanor if people commit "abortion trafficking." It's described as the act of helping take minors outside of Tennessee for abortion care. Adults could also face prosecution or civil lawsuits for helping minors get abortion care drugs, or hide abortion care from a child's parents or guardians.

The misdemeanor carries a maximum penalty of around a year in prison. It also would not matter if minors want abortion care, and the bill would not apply to parents or legal guardians of unemancipated minors.

Amendments were introduced in the House and Senate that would have expanded the immunity to other members of children's families, such as grandparents, siblings, uncles and aunts. However, those amendments were voted down by the Republican supermajority.


https://www.wbir.com/article/news/state/abortion-trafficking-bill-passes-house-and-senate/51-7c348aa1-d194-4ed3-adb5-db73768aeb92

[mountain grammy]

1. Pretty dark stuff.

[multigraincracker]

2. Sounds like a direct attack on

Planned Parenthood.

[DFW]

4. More like a direct attack on half the population of Tennessee n/t

[Ping Tung]

3. "Land of the Free......" .except for women.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. 49 years ago, I could have been convicted of that "crime".

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I gave $214 to my 16 yo sister to get an abortion in NY State. ($214 in 1975, $1,265 in 2024)

I was about to leave for college (freshman year). Her worthless boyfriend didn't have the money.

Just giving her the money would have made me susceptible to indictment, trial, and conviction.

49 years ago.