in opposing virtually all abortion-ban exceptions, including circumstances where the life of the mother is threatened.
In most of these states, Democrats are too weak to stop these laws, and Republicans are closely aligned with the anti-abortion movement. But there are signs that anti-abortion extremism can go too far even in deep-red locales, as evidenced by a split among Tennessee Republicans over that state’s total abortion ban.soon after the Supreme Court’s reversal of. It contains no clear exemption for abortions needed to save the life or defend the health of the pregnant woman involved.
Since the current law is deeply alarming physicians, a Tennessee Republican legislator is proposing an amendment to provide a straightforward exemption making it clear that medical professionals are empowered to determine when emergency conditions require an abortion, as a ProPublicaAn amendment to the law introduced in the House Population Health Subcommittee last week would remove the affirmative defense and clarify that it is not a crime to terminate a pregnancy to prevent an emergency that...
“No one wants to tell their spouse, child, or loved one that their life is not important in a medical emergency as you watch them die when they could have been saved,” said Republican Rep.But Tennessee Right to Life, a state affiliate of the most prominent national anti-abortion group, is objecting to this clarification. They argue that allowing doctors to perform abortions to “prevent” a life-threatening emergency is too “subjective” a standard.