Bill criminalizing people who help pregnant minors find abortion care outside Tennessee heads to governor's desk [View all]
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.
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