LEGISLATION 1 The Underage Abortion Trafficking Act, HB1895 sponsored by Representative Jason Zachary, (R-Knoxville) seeks to protect pregnant underage girls and their parents. The proposal would make it unlawful for any adult to recruit, harbor or transport an underage pregnant girl for an abortion procedure or procure abortion chemicals in order to conceal it from her parents or guardian. Under current Tennessee…
Keep the pressure on. HB883 now goes to the Senate Judiciary Committee as Senate Bill 745 Senate Bill 745 (SB745) is the Senate companion bill to HB883. It will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee at 3:00 p.m. CST. on Tuesday, February 28th. In the words of Constitutional expert Paul Linton, this legislation, “entirely rewrites state law (Human Life Protection…
Tennessee’s Human Life Protection Act (HLPA), which currently protects the unborn from abortion (an estimated 900 babies monthly), is under attack in our TN General Assembly; thus, we ought to contact our legislators with the following simple message: “I urge that you oppose all efforts to weaken the Human Life Protection Act.” By emailing, phoning, or…
Dear Shelby County Chapter supporter, During this season of giving, I’m reaching out to our supporters to invite and encourage you to financially assist us in funding our 2019 educational projects. Your contribution – whatever amount you can give – is needed and will support our pro-life projects: The Stand for Life Rally held to memorialize the…
Fellow pro-life supporters, I invite you to join in a protest of the Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi (PPTNM) James Award Celebration fundraiser, which will be held on Thursday, September 13, at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd, Memphis, TN 38120. I’ve obtained a Public Assembly permit so that we may gather to…
Judges Rule Unanimously Against Planned Parenthood JANUARY 9, 2018 – In a resounding victory for pro-life Tennesseans, Judges on the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals have rejected a pro-abortion effort to overturn the 2014 voter passage of Amendment 1. “Although the subject of abortion rights will continue to be controversial in Tennessee and across our…
I write to invite and encourage our supporters to attend our upcoming meeting scheduled on Thursday, October 26, at7:00 pm, at the Germantown Library. The meeting room is to your immediate right after entering the outside doors and at the end of the hallway. The election of chapter officers for President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer will…
Mid-South pro-life supporters will rally at Memphis Planned Parenthood, 2430 Poplar Ave., from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, Saturday, February 11, 2017. The rally is one of over 200 being coordinated nationwide by the #ProtestPP coalition, calling for Planned Parenthood to be stripped of all federal funding, and for all such funding being directed to…
Please contact ASAP Mayor Mark Luttrell and urge him to veto resolution #26, awarding a $115,000 contract to Memphis Planned Parenthood for the distribution of free condoms. His veto will send the issue back to the Board of Commissioners for reconsideration. The mayor could sign the measure right away; consequently, we must contact him ASAP…
Good news. Mayor Luttrell’s office has withdrawn Planned Parenthood from the proposal, directing federal funds to agencies for HIV prevention. Mayor Luttrell’s office has emailed the following statement to Planned Parenthood supporters objecting to his action: “Shelby County Government through the Community Services Division and the Shelby County Health Department have the necessary resources to…
