TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 23, 2023

Tennessee Right to Life continues to oppose legislation that would stop the “criminalization” of doctors who perform abortions to save the life of the mother despite a number of proposed changes to the bill, Tennessee Lookout reports. An amendment to the bill, negotiated with the group, changes all references to doctors making “good-faith” judgments in deciding when to terminate a pregnancy to “reasonable.” It also would remove the “medical emergency” standard as one of the conditions that would justify an abortion. Doctors, who packed the House Health Committee this week, oppose the changes saying they could increase their legal exposure. They want to return to the bill’s original language. Tennessee Right to Life says it will continue to oppose the bill even with the changes.