Tennessee Senate Proposes Abortion Ban

Posted on March 10, 2006

South Dakota lead the way with an abortion ban that challenges directly Roe vs. Wade, trying to put the abortion issue back in the hands of the States. Missouri and Mississippi followed in the trend. Now, Tennessee joins the debate, proposing a constitutional amendment that would not guarantee a woman an abortion.

The 24-9 vote was the first step of many toward officially amending the state constitution. The measure would go before voters if the General Assembly approves it twice over the next two years.

The state Supreme Court has ruled that the Tennessee Constitution grants women a greater right to abortion than the U.S. Constitution.

Abortion rights supporters are attacking the measure as a stepping stone to prohibiting all abortions in Tennessee if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the landmark abortion decision in Roe v. Wade.

“The resolution is an all-out attack on the women of Tennessee and seeks to rob women of their right to make choices about their own health, safety and personal welfare,” said Hedy Weinberg, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee.

It isn’t suprising that their State Constitution grants more of a right to an abortion than the U.S. Constitution, you know, granted that the U.S. Constitution doesn’t grant any such right at all that I can find.

Who will be next? There is definitely a backlash happening, will it sweep the Nation?

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