Tennessee’s GOP-dominant House has advanced legislation to add a narrow exemption to the state’s strict abortion ban.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Tennessee's GOP-dominant House on Monday advanced legislation that would add a narrow exemption to the state's strict abortion ban, despite concerns raised by Democrats and medical experts that the bill does not go far enough to protect doctors and pregnant patients.
Instead, the legislation advanced Monday allows doctors to use a “reasonable medical judgment” when determining an abortion is necessary to prevent the death of a pregnant patient or to spare her from the irreversible, severe impairment of a major bodily function. Some doctors argue that is a harsher legal standard.
Democratic Rep. Gloria Johnson said the bill as passed sets up a “dangerous relationship” in which the doctor's risk decreases as the woman's risk increases. The bill must now go to the Senate before it can head to Republican Gov. Bill Lee's desk for his signature.
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