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TN HB0027
Bill
Status
3/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Aftyn Behn
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AI Summary
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Creates the "Reproductive Freedom Act" establishing fundamental rights to make reproductive health care decisions, including contraception use, abortion access, and childbirth choices regarding location, support person, and provider
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Prohibits the state and its political subdivisions from denying, restricting, or criminalizing the exercise of reproductive health care rights, including prosecution based on pregnancy outcomes
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Declares that a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent or derivative rights under Tennessee law
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Repeals multiple existing Tennessee Code sections across 14 titles, removing current abortion restrictions and related regulatory provisions
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Requires healthcare plans established through state exchanges under federal healthcare reform to offer coverage for reproductive health care services
Legislative Description
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 20; Title 29; Title 37; Title 39; Title 49; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to reproductive health care.
Abortion
Last Action
Failed in s/c Population Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
3/11/2025