legislation – Shelby County Right To Life

Recent Legislation

Posted on February 1, 2024February 14, 2024 by Mark White

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…

Pro-Life Vote Upheld on Amendment 1

Posted on January 9, 2018February 16, 2023 by Mark White

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…