Loading chat...

TN HB1217

Bill

Status

Failed

3/18/2025

Primary Sponsor

Gloria Johnson

Click for details

Origin

House of Representatives

114th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes a fundamental right for every person to make reproductive health care decisions, including the right to use or refuse contraception

  • Grants pregnant women the fundamental right to continue a pregnancy or have an abortion before fetal viability, or when necessary to protect the woman's life or health

  • Specifies that fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses do not have independent or derivative rights under Tennessee law

  • Prohibits the state and its political subdivisions from denying, restricting, or interfering with these fundamental reproductive rights

  • Defines viability as the point when a physician determines there is reasonable likelihood of fetal survival outside the uterus without extraordinary medical measures

Legislative Description

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to abortion.

Abortion

Last Action

Failed in s/c Population Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

3/18/2025

Committee Referrals

Population Health Subcommittee3/5/2025
Health2/12/2025

Full Bill Text

No bill text available