TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 3, 2017
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III wrote in an opinion that the core of a proposed bill banning abortions after a fetal hearbeat is detected is “constitutionally suspect,” the Tennessean reports. Slatery sited one part of the bill -- SB0244/HB0108, sponsored by Sen. Mae Beavers, R-Mt. Juliet and Rep. Micah Van Huss, R-Jonesborough -- as defensible: a provision that would require pregnant women to hear or view a fetal heartbeat before going through with an abortion.