TN Bill Allows Rapist's Family, Friends To Sue Over Abortion

Memphis TN

18 March, 2022

2:45 PM

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MEMPHIS, TN — A bill moving through the Tennessee House of Representatives would deputize a rapist's family members, friends, spouse, or neighbors, allowing them to sue anyone who helps or provides the victim with an abortion. The House of Representatives health subcommittee passed the bill this week, according to a report by Today. Modeled after the 6-week abortion ban in Texas, HB 2779 would give any citizen the power to sue another if they're suspected of helping, referring, or providing abortion care after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Victims could not be sued under the bill, according to Today. Unlike the abortion ban in Texas, Tennessee's bill would ban abortion entirely, without a 6-week window and without any exception for rape or incest. The bill now goes before a full committee hearing, scheduled later this month