Tennessee bill proposes death penalty for women who have abortions
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While lacking large support in the Legislature, the Foundation to Abolish Abortion, a nonprofit that says its mission is to “exalt and vindicate the image of God by promoting sound public policy that provides all preborn human beings equal protection of the laws,” is publicly supporting the bill.
Despite the state’s total ban enacted in 2022, the Foundation to Abolish Abortion claimed more than 5,000 telehealth abortions occurred “on Tennessee soil” in 2024. Additionally, Guttmacher Institute estimates suggest more than 10,000 Tennesseans traveled out of state for abortion services that same year.