A BILL THAT WOULD BAN ABORTION
AFTER A FETAL HEARTBEAT
IS DETECTED IS MOVING FORWARD IN
THE TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.
IF IT BECOMES LAW - IT LIKELY
WOULD TRIGGER A CONSTITUTIONAL
FIGHT.
CHANTEL BATISTA FOUND OUT - THE
TRI-CITIES LAWMAKER
BACKING THE BILL SAYS IT'S ABOUT
SAVING LIVES.
BRITNY FOX
WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST
"BLATANT ATTACKS ARE COMING FROM
THOSE THAT ARE PUT IN OFFICE TO
REPRESENT US TO REPRESENT OUR
BEST INTEREST AND THEY ARE
DOING THINGS LIKE THIS SOMEONE
HAS TO STAND UP AND SAY THAT
THIS IS
WRONG."
BRITNY FOX IS ONE OF MANY
WOMEN'S RIGHT ACTIVITS THAT ARE
AGAINST
THE HEARTBEAT BILL SPONSORED BY
REPRESENTATIVE
MICAH VAN HUSS OF JONESBOROUGH.
VAN HUSS SAYS A HEART BEAT IS
TYPICALLY DETECTED
BETWEEN 6-8 WEEKS INTO
PREGNANCY....HE SAYS IF THE BILL
IS
PASSED IT WOULD WOULD BAN 56
PERCENT OF ABORTIONS IN THE
STATE OF TENNESSEE-- SAVING A
TOTAL OF 5,500 BABIES EVERY
YEAR.
REP.
MICAH VAN HUSS
(R) JONESBOROUGH
"WE CAN NOT CONTINUE TO ALLOW
THE SLAUGHTER OF THE
UNBORN WHILE WE HOPE FOR BETTER
CIRCUMSTANCES AND WE CAN NOT
LEAVE THIS RESPONSIBILITY TO THE
NEXT GENERATION FOR
YEARS DOWN THE ROAD."
REPRESENTATIVE VAN HUSS HAS
PROPOSED THIS BILL THREE YEARS
IN A ROW...
THIS YEAR THE BILL HAS RECIEVED
THE MOST BACKING FROM
LEGISLATORSS-- INCLUDING SUPPORT
FROM TENNESSEE
GOVERNOR BILL LEE....BUT SOME
PRO-LIFE SUPPORTERS
QUESTION THEIR PUSH AND THE
BILL'S CONSTITUTIONALIT
Y.
BRITNY FOX
WOMAN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST
"WHY IS HE CONTINUING TO
SUPPPORT SOMETHING THAT
HAS BEEN OVERTURNED IN COMMITEE,
THAT HAS NOT BEEN
SIGNED INTO LAW...THAT OTHER
STATES ACCROSS THE COUNTRY
SIMILAR LAWS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO
BE UNCONSTITUATIONAL."
AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH
LEGISLATORS ARE PREPARED FOR THE
BATTLE AHEAD.
REP.
MICAH VAN HUSS
(R)
"WE MAY JUST HAVE TO HIRE AN
OUTSIDE COUNCIL INSTEAD OF USING
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DEFEND
THIS...MY INTENTION IS TO
SAVE BABIES LIVES, BUT SHOULD
THIS GET CHALLENGED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS IS A
FIGHT WORTH FIGHTING FOR I
BELIEVE."
MEANWHILE PRO-LIFE TENNESEEANS
WORRY THAT IF THIS BILL IS
PASSED
IT MAY DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD TO
WOMEN.
BRITNY FOX
WOMAN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST
"THIS BILL IS GOING TO CAUSE
UNDUE STRESS AND IT'S NOT GOING
TO
ACHIEVE THEIR GOAL OF GETTING
RID OF ABORTIONS OR HAVING THERE
BE FEWER ABORTIONS IN THE STATE
OF TENNESSEE.
ITS GOING TO LIMIT ACCESS TO
SAFE ABORTIONS."
THE BILL DOES INCLUDE AN
EXCEPTION FOR EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SITUATIONS....
THE BILL HAS HAS BEEN REFERRED
TO THE HEALTH COMMITTEE AND
THEY WILL BE REVIEWING IT ON
TUESDAY.
