Legislature passes anti-abortion bill after midnight

[TexasTowelie]

The Tennessee Legislature overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday, June 18, 2020, designed to prohibit abortion, when the Senate took up the measure after midnight even though it was not on the chamber’s priority list.

With a 23-5 vote, the Senate passed Gov. Bill Lee’s legislation, which is designed to stop the procedure once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The move came after state troopers removed pro-choice protesters from the balcony, which was closed to the public.

In a 68-17 vote, the House approved an amended version of Gov. Bill Lee’s legislation, HB2263, designed to stop the procedure when a fetal heartbeat is detected.

The legislation was an apparent bargaining chip the Senate opted to bring up in negotiating a budget with the House.

Read more: https://dailymemphian.com/section/metro/article/14954/tennessee-house-anti-abortion-bill

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

TN already had passed a bill recently to outlaw abortion the minute the SC overturns Roe. 🤬

[BigOleDummy]

2. We will

We will see much more of this stupidness the closer we get to November I bet. The far right crazies are rightfully getting a little scared of the blue wave coming and want to get all they can while they can. It's going to take a long time to get our country free again.

[sakabatou]

3. Here's hoping it gets fought in court.

[Dios Mio]

4. Never mind

inhabitants are dropping like flies, let’s get some really important shit done. Jeez. What kind of humanoids are these.

[Maraya1969]

5. Studies prove that low cost and long term contraception lowers the abortion rate by 80%. I haven't

seen one of these "Pro-life" people fight for contraception. They just want to control women it seems.