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Tennessee?s Criminal Abortion Laws: Proposed Constitutional Amendment May Bring Change

By Baker Associates

The General Assembly passed a proposal?SJR 127?to amend Article 1 of the Tennessee Constitution. If passed, the amendment could open the door for changes to Tennessee criminal abortion laws. The proposal reads, ?Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion, except in cases involving rape or incest or in cases where the procedure is medically necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman. Nothing in this Constitution requires the funding of an abortion. No person shall perform a partial-birth abortion.? How might this change existing abortion Tennessee criminal law? By reading the amendment, one might think that it would allow the General Assembly to pass a blanket law banning abortion. Since states are also bound by the Federal Constitution and Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Constitution (particularly Roe v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on May 31, 2009 (boomark / email).