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Nashville, Tenn., Apr 8, 2021 / 20:01 pm America/Denver (CNA).
A bill on the burial of the bodies of aborted fetuses advanced through the Tennessee Senate and House earlier this week.
The bill, HB 1181, would require medical providers either to cremate or to bury the fetal remains following an abortion.
Republican lawmakers, such as Rep. Tim Rudd, said the bill is designed to honor the dignity of the human person.
“Tennessee code requires pets and animals to be disposed of by burial or cremation but there is no such law active in Tennessee for aborted fetal remains,” said Rudd, according to Associated Press.
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One anti-abortion proposal appears to be on the way toward becoming law this year in Tennessee.
It’s based on an Indiana law that’s already been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, requiring aborted fetuses to be buried or cremated.
Sponsors of this law (HB 1181) say they’re not trying to limit abortions, just honor the unborn child. But anti-abortion advocates acknowledge it is part of their larger campaign to end abortions altogether.
Elizabeth Matory, representing the national anti-abortion group And Then There Were None, told lawmakers on Wednesday that drawing attention to the logistics of abortion is persuasive. She says that’s what converted her from being a pro-choice Democrat. She’s now a Republican who ran for Congress in 2018.
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One has to sometimes pass laws incrementally, he said.
McNally said he is confident the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold Tennessee s abortion ban from last year. We feel like it was a very reasonable approach that we took, and I think it s something that will sustain in court challenges, he said.
Lawmakers embrace bill requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains
The only abortion-related bill advancing this year is one requiring pregnant women or abortion clinics to bury or cremate aborted fetuses. The measure cleared a House subcommittee Tuesday afternoon.
House Majority Leader Rep. William Lamberth, R-Portland, expressed support for the legislation Thursday.