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TN HB1217
Bill
Status
3/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Gloria Johnson
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AI Summary
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Establishes a fundamental right for every person to make reproductive health care decisions, including the right to use or refuse contraception
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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
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Specifies that fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses do not have independent or derivative rights under Tennessee law
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Prohibits the state and its political subdivisions from denying, restricting, or interfering with these fundamental reproductive rights
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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