Protect Tennessee's Minors! Vote Yes on HB 1895!
HB 1895, the Underage Abortion Trafficking Act sponsored by Representative Jason Zachary, (R-Knoxville), passed the House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee and Full Finance Committee. Please see notes below for recap of this legislation.
The bill is moving quickly and could be voted on as early as tomorrow on by the Full House.
ACTION: Please contact your Representative and ask him/her to vote YES on HB 1895.
HB 1895 OVERVIEW
The Underage Abortion Trafficking Act, HB 1895 sponsored by Representative Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville) seeks to protect pregnant underage girls and their parents. The proposal would make it unlawful for any adult to recruit, harbor or transport an underage pregnant girl for an abortion procedure or procure abortion chemicals in order to conceal it from her parents or guardian.
Under current Tennessee law, there would be no way to punish this activity.
The importance of this legislation has become even more urgent as the abortion industry has come up with ways to get around the laws in pro-life states like Tennessee. Recently, Planned Parenthood was caught admitting that they assist underage girls (or adults associated with them) to skirt state laws and transport pregnant girls without the knowledge or consent of their parents (see here).
Although aborting children is a crime under most circumstances in Tennessee, that is not the case in neighboring states like Illinois and Virginia. The abortion industry is funneling minor girls into these states for surgical or chemical procedures without their parents’ knowledge.
As amended, this would make it a crime of unlawful abortion trafficking of a minor, a Class A misdemeanor with mandatory jail time of 11 months and 29 days.
Parents have a right to be involved with their daughters' wellbeing. The abortion industry has no right to transport or obtain dangerous chemicals for underage girls while keeping their parents in the dark.
Protect Tennessee's Minors! Vote Yes on HB 1895!
HB 1895, the Underage Abortion Trafficking Act sponsored by Representative Jason Zachary, (R-Knoxville), passed the House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee and Full Finance Committee. Please see notes below for recap of this legislation.
The bill is moving quickly and could be voted on as early as tomorrow on by the Full House.
ACTION: Please contact your Representative and ask him/her to vote YES on HB 1895.
HB 1895 OVERVIEW
The Underage Abortion Trafficking Act, HB 1895 sponsored by Representative Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville) seeks to protect pregnant underage girls and their parents. The proposal would make it unlawful for any adult to recruit, harbor or transport an underage pregnant girl for an abortion procedure or procure abortion chemicals in order to conceal it from her parents or guardian.
Under current Tennessee law, there would be no way to punish this activity.
The importance of this legislation has become even more urgent as the abortion industry has come up with ways to get around the laws in pro-life states like Tennessee. Recently, Planned Parenthood was caught admitting that they assist underage girls (or adults associated with them) to skirt state laws and transport pregnant girls without the knowledge or consent of their parents (see here).
Although aborting children is a crime under most circumstances in Tennessee, that is not the case in neighboring states like Illinois and Virginia. The abortion industry is funneling minor girls into these states for surgical or chemical procedures without their parents’ knowledge.
As amended, this would make it a crime of unlawful abortion trafficking of a minor, a Class A misdemeanor with mandatory jail time of 11 months and 29 days.
Parents have a right to be involved with their daughters' wellbeing. The abortion industry has no right to transport or obtain dangerous chemicals for underage girls while keeping their parents in the dark.