Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1313 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39;
1414 Title 63 and Title 68, relative to abortion.
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1616 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
1717 SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-15-213, is amended by deleting
1818 the section and substituting:
1919 (a) As used in this section:
2020 (1) "Abortion" means the use of an instrument, medicine, drug, or another
2121 substance or device with intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to
2222 be pregnant with intent other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to
2323 preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, to remove a dead fetus, or
2424 to treat an ectopic pregnancy or fetal anomaly not consistent with life;
2525 (2) "Pregnancy" means the human reproductive process, beginning with
2626 the implantation of an embryo;
2727 (3) "Reproductive health care" means health care and other medical
2828 services related to the reproductive processes, functions, and systems at all
2929 stages of life and includes, but is not limited to, family planning and contraceptive
3030 care; abortion care; prenatal, postnatal, and delivery care; fertility care;
3131 sterilization services; and treatments for sexually transmitted infections and
3232 reproductive cancers; and
3333 (4) "Viability" means the point in a pregnancy when, in the good faith
3434 medical judgment of a physician, based on the particular facts of the case before
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3939 that physician, there is a reasonable likelihood of the fetus's sustained survival
4040 outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures.
4141 (b)
4242 (1) Every person has a fundamental right to make decisions about the
4343 person's reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or
4444 refuse contraception.
4545 (2) A pregnant woman has a fundamental right to continue a pregnancy
4646 and give birth or to have an abortion before viability of the fetus or when
4747 necessary to protect the life or health of the woman and to make decisions about
4848 how to exercise that right.
4949 (3) A fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent or
5050 derivative rights under the laws of this state.
5151 (c) This state or a department, agency, entity, or political subdivision of this state
5252 shall not deny, restrict, interfere with, or discriminate against a person's fundamental
5353 rights as described in subsection (b) in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities,
5454 services, or information.
5555 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.