Posted on 10/15/2014 9:35:02 AM PDT by Morgana
All eyes are on Tennessee. Tennessee is known as the Volunteer State, Music City USA, home of Elvis Presley, Beale Street, the buckle of the Bible belt, and the Great Smokey Mountains. Now it has another moniker…abortion destination of the Southeast. Tennessee ranks as the third state nationally for out of state women coming to get their abortions.
This occurred because the ACLU and Planned Parenthood sued the people of Tennessee in a lawsuit known as Planned Parenthood vs. Sundquidst. Planned Parenthood sued to remove three regulations around abortion that had been voted into place by bi-partisan legislators. These were informed consent, 48 hour waiting period, and that later term abortions must be done in hospital settings. The ruling was announced September 15, 2000 in their favor by the TN Supreme Court, and with it a broad right to an abortion in our state Constitution was discovered. This prevented any regulation from being enforced that could not pass a strict scrutiny standard.
This lawsuit emboldened an abortionist who opened two facilities to sue when the Department of Health tried to inspect the centers and demand that he meet the standards of same day surgery centers. He prevailed in court by saying he was operating under a doctor’s office license and did not have to meet these regulations unless he performed a substantial number of abortions. The court did not define what constitutes a substantial number leaving it unanswered; so he was now free to operate using this loophole. Others followed suit. Just google how to get an abortion in Tennessee, the two unregulated centers pop up on the top of the list. They even offer a discount coupon for out of state women coming for abortions.
The dissenting judge from the 2000 decision advised the only remedy for the people was to enact an amendment to the constitution stating that it was silent on the issue of abortion and allowing the people to once again speak through their elected legislators to enact regulations around abortions. Amending the Constitution is an arduous process. It must pass the General Assembly by a simple majority, followed by a super majority, appear on the ballot in a year that a Governor is elected and pass by at least 50% plus one of the number of votes cast for Governor.
Game on in Tennessee. This is a watershed moment. If Tennesseans prevail, it will encourage 15 other states that were similarly attacked in the courts by the abortion industry to follow our lead. If it fails, it will embolden the abortion industry to attack the remaining 34 states as needed with their winning strategy.
The campaign to vote No is calling their out of state forces for support. 94% of their donations are from other state affiliates of Planned Parenthood and their ally ACLU. The Yes on One forces have strong grassroots but are being outspent 3-1.
The abortion industry is blanketing the media market with ads leaving the strong impression that this amendment would ban abortion even in the case of the mother’s life. The second ad is just as egregious. It infers that a rape victim may be denied an abortion. They are acting like Roe vs. Wade never happened. Either that or they are treating Tennesseans like they are civically illiterate.
All eyes are on Tennessee. Check out Yes on One or like them on Facebook to follow this monumental fight.
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DO NOT FORGET THE OTHER 3 AMENDMENTS!
NO ON 2 LIBTARD JUDGES
YES ON 3 FORBIDS PAYROLL OR INCOME TAX
#4 EXPANDS GAMBLING TO ORGS. BUT IT DOES NOT STATE WELL ENOUGH WHICH ORGS OR LIMIT THEM. CAMEL’S NOSE UNDER THE TENT. PP CAN BE A ORG. DEM PARTY CAN HAVE A ORG. THINK HARD BEFORE YOU VOTE ON #4.
AND DO NOT VOTE FOR THE RINO GOVERNOR! that means we will need more votes for the Amendments we wan WILL BE NEEDED!
Abortion Facilities Continue To Fund ‘Vote No’ Campaign
90% of Reported Campaign Funds Supplied by Abortion Profiteers
As expected, pro-abortion opponents of Amendment 1 continue to draw nearly all their support and funding from the abortion industry itself.
Release of the most recent ‘Vote No’ campaign disclosure shows just 100 individual donors statewide contributing more than $100 each. In contrast, 8 abortion facilities in Tennessee and across the country contributed a total $1.4 million dollars of $1.5 million reported raised this quarter.
$817,140
Planned Parenthood of Memphis
$500,000
Planned Parenthood of Middle & East TN
$42,000
Planned Parenthood of Chicago
$32,500
Memphis Center for Reproductive Health
$15,700
ACLU
$7,500
Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health
$5,000
Planned Parenthood California
$1,000
Planned Parenthood of North Carolina
$1,000
Planned Parenthood, New York
$1,424,840
90% of contributions
The Yes on 1 campaign reported 600 Tennesseans contributing more than $100 for a total of $455,968. The Vote No campaign reported 104 Tennesseans contributing more than $100 for a total of $117,906.
Very interesting. Is there a link for this story?
And it is very hard to change the TN State Constitution, we have a DUAL system. It was when the Crime Victims Amendment was passed a 4 year process before the voters got it.
Sorry it came in the email with no link from Yes on 1. What you want may be here: http://www.yeson1tn.org/
I’ve ran in to some of the volunteers for Yes on 1, and they have NO idea what a DUEL Constitutional amendment system is.
We had 1 black looked to be 19 wanting to vote for President O. We shot him down with it’s not a presidential voting year, that is 2 yrs off, we did not tell the idiot 0 is a lame duck. He was not interested in local or state elections. Just 0.
Don’t know if that helps much, but those are the facts Yes on 1 have gathered. And we know all these feminist and PP orgs ban together when threatened.
I am going to have to read the amendments again before I go vote. I am still not sure what they are saying. Reading some of them with mentions of change leaves no good understanding of what it accomplishes - especially on the one about judges.
That would be like posting THIS IS A GUN FREE ZONE sign.
All they are doing is lying tv ads.
Thanks for the assist!
#2 IS THE MOST COMPLICATED OF THE LOT, THE REST ARE PRETTY CLEAR. #4 WORRIES ME, AS IT CAN WITH A CHANGE BACK TO DEM LEGISLATURE GO TO ORGS LIKE PLANED PARENTHOOD, OR A DEM PART ORG. THINK HARD BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THIS ONE. WHILE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE VETERAN’S ORGS HAVE MORE MONEY, THIS MAY NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO DO SO AS IT LETS IN THE CAMEL’S NOSE UNDER THE TENT.
Amendment 1:
Shall Article I of the Constitution of Tennessee be amended by adding the following language as a new, appropriately designated section:
“Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion. The people retain the right through their elected state representatives and state senators to enact, amend, or repeal statutes regarding abortion, including, but not limited to, circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest or when necessary to save the life of the mother.”
Amendment 2:
Shall Article VI, Section 3 of the Constitution of Tennessee be amended by deleting the first and second sentences and by substituting instead the following:
“Judges of the Supreme Court or any intermediate appellate court shall be appointed for a full term or to fill a vacancy by and at the discretion of the governor; shall be confirmed by the Legislature; and thereafter, shall be elected in a retention election by the qualified voters of the state. Confirmation by default occurs if the Legislature fails to reject an appointee within sixty calendar days of either the date of appointment, if made during the annual legislative session, or the convening date of the next annual legislative session, if made out of session. The Legislature is authorized to prescribe such provisions as may be necessary to carry out Sections two and three of this article.”
Amendment 3: State income tax
All Tennesseans know we don’t pay an income tax. Amendment 3 would make sure that stays the same, just on paper — or in this case the State Constitution. The amendment said, “Notwithstanding the authority to tax privileges or any other authority set forth in this Constitution, the Legislature shall not levy, authorize or otherwise permit any state or local tax upon payroll or earned personal income or any state or local tax measured by payroll or earned personal income.”
Some opponents argue not having a state income tax is one less form of revenue that the state needs right now.
Amendment 4: Charities & games of chance
The reason why we have a state lottery is that it supports education. That facet is one of the many groups that are classified as 501 (c) (3) by the IRS, and can use games of chance for revenue. If Amendment 4 passes, the legislature would vote on which non-profit organizations that support veterans could host gambling events.
“Witness: TennCare”
But Medicaid isn’t expanded nor do they have a state exchange, right?
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