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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 179 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Hakeem |
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| 8 | 7 | | |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0179 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 001564 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, |
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| 14 | 13 | | Chapter 15; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to |
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| 15 | 14 | | women's health. |
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| 17 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 18 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-15-213, is amended by deleting |
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| 19 | 18 | | subsections (b) and (c) and substituting: |
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| 20 | 19 | | (b) A person commits the offense of criminal abortion when the person performs |
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| 21 | 20 | | or attempts to perform an abortion that was not: |
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| 22 | 21 | | (1) Performed or attempted by a licensed physician who determined, |
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| 23 | 22 | | based upon the facts known to the physician at the time, that the abortion was |
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| 24 | 23 | | necessary to protect the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman; or |
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| 25 | 24 | | (2) Performed or attempted by a licensed physician on a patient whose |
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| 26 | 25 | | pregnancy is the result of aggravated rape, as described in § 39-13-502; rape, as |
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| 27 | 26 | | described in § 39-13-503; rape of a child, as described in § 39-13-522; especially |
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| 28 | 27 | | aggravated rape, as described in § 39-13-534; especially aggravated rape of a |
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| 29 | 28 | | child, as described in § 39-13-535; or incest, as described in § 39-15-302. |
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| 30 | 29 | | (c) Criminal abortion is a Class C felony. |
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| 31 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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