Conservative Lawmakers Introduce Equal Protection Bill For Tennessee Unborn Children
THE TENNESSEE CONSERVATIVE
Some outlets, like The Tennessean, have espoused that this legislation would allow the death penalty for women who have abortions, though numerous organizations, including the Foundation to Abolish Abortion, have rebutted this narrative, saying the bill “would simply make murdering anyone illegal for everyone,” and emphasizing that full judicial due process would still apply.
Abortion numbers continue to climb in the state with more women resorting to surgical abortions at out-of-state clinics or telehealth and black-market purchase of abortifacients, with many of these providers protected from any form of accountability or prosecution thanks to blue state “shield laws.”