Posted on 08/12/2019 11:08:55 AM PDT by Morgana
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee lawmakers are considering a total abortion ban when the Senate Judiciary committee meets this week for its summer study.
Lawmakers are hearing testimony today from more than 20 witnesses and debate an 11-page amendment to the "fetal heartbeat" bill .
Watch below: (Live stream)
If the changes are adopted, the legislation would ban abortion once a woman knows she's pregnant -- only if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Earlier this year, the Tennessee General Assembly tried to pass legislation that would ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected . The measure cleared the House but stalled in the Senate after leaders said the bill raised too many legal concerns.
"The pro-life people all agreed that they want to see restrictions on abortion, but they started disagreeing on how to do it," state Senator Kerry Roberts (R—Springfield) said in a telephone interview with CBS News.
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this is going on now live. https://www.facebook.com/newschannel5/videos/387618898622713/
If heartbeat detection is left to the abortumurderers then this legislation is toothless.
Pass a law declaring that personhood and rights begin with a heartbeat and force the SC to deal with it.
Will force other states as well
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