Tenn. bill overhaul could expand homicide laws linked to abortion
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A Tennessee bill sponsored by Rep. Jody Barrett was initially labeled as a bill dealing with a monument addressing abortion at the state capitol but was crafted with the intention to potentially draft legislation directly connected to abortion.
The proposal, also backed by Reps. Bud Hulsey, Monty Fritts and Ed Butler, with a Senate companion bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Pody, declares that life should be protected “from fertilization to natural death.” It revises state assault and homicide laws to apply the same legal standards to abortions as they would apply to existing homicide cases.