{"id":22998,"date":"2024-01-23T20:25:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T02:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=22998"},"modified":"2024-01-23T20:25:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T02:25:27","slug":"tennessee-bill-targets-adults-who-take-minors-out-of-state-for-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=22998","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee bill targets adults who take minors out of state for abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Tennessee legislature introduced a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitol.tn.gov\/Bills\/113\/Bill\/HB1895.pdf\">bill<\/a>&nbsp;on Monday that targets adults who take minors out of the state to have an abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The bill says that an adult who \u201crecruits, harbors, or transports a pregnant unemancipated minor within this state for the purpose of\u201d aiding them in getting access to actions that constitute \u201ccriminal abortion\u201d under Tennessee law \u201ccommits the offense of abortion trafficking of a minor,\u201d despite where the action occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It also notes that it would not be a viable \u201cdefense to a prosecution\u201d if the minor consented to actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\">President Biden&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4425034-biden-blames-trump-for-lack-of-abortion-access-during-roe-fueled-rally\/\">went after former<\/a>&nbsp;President Trump for the recent rise of restrictions when it comes to abortion access in the U.S. at a campaign rally Tuesday, where he warned his supporters about the risks Trump\u2019s possible return to the White House poses to reproductive rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cLet there be no mistake. The person most responsible for taking away this freedom in America is Donald Trump,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThe reason women are being forced to travel across state lines for health care is Donald Trump,\u201d he added. \u201cThe reason their fundamental right has been stripped away is Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The former president appointed three of the judges who ruled in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade in mid-2022, kicking off a wave of increasing restrictions on abortion in states like Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&nbsp;<\/a>is betting we won\u2019t vote on this issue \u2026 He\u2019s betting you\u2019re going to stop caring \u2026 that you\u2019ll get distracted, discouraged and stay home,\u201d Biden said. \u201cWell guess what? I\u2019m betting he\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Biden and Trump are most likely headed for a rematch of the 2020 presidential election this year, with Trump now having won both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/elections2024.thehill.com\/primaries\/iowa\">according<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/elections2024.thehill.com\/primaries\/new-hampshire\">projections<\/a>\u00a0from Decision Desk HQ\/The Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4425509-tennessee-bill-targets-adults-take-minors-out-of-state-for-abortion\/\">thehill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tennessee legislature introduced a&nbsp;bill&nbsp;on Monday that targets adults who take minors out of the state to have an abortion. The bill says that an adult who \u201crecruits, harbors, or transports a pregnant unemancipated minor within this state for the purpose of\u201d aiding them in getting access to actions that constitute \u201ccriminal abortion\u201d under Tennessee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5784],"tags":[1307,8589,3773,3157,3075],"class_list":["post-22998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-abortion","tag-act","tag-adults","tag-minors","tag-tennessee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23002,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22998\/revisions\/23002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}