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East Tennessee State University's basketball team provoked uproar on February 16, when, prior to a game at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, they all knelt for the national anthem.
Two Tennessee lawmakers proposed a bill this month that would allow fathers of unborn children to petition a court for an injunction to prohibit pregnant mothers from obtaining abortions, one of the more controversial proposals in a wave of pro-life legislation across the nation.
Tennessee Republican men are doing what they do best. Oppressing women. State Sen. Mark Pody, (R-Lebanon) and Rep. Jerry Sexton, (R-Bean Station) have introduced a bill that would give a man veto power over a woman's abortion if he is the one who impregnated her. Pody was moved, apparently, after a constituent (male, of course) expressed concern that fathers don't get to force women to give birth. "I believe a father should have a right to say what's gonna be happening to that child," Pody said. "And if somebody is going to kill that child, he should be able to say, 'No, I don't want that ch...
A pair of lawmakers filed a bill that would give a father the power to deny an abortion without a woman's consent.
Print this article A Tennessee bill would allow a father to petition an abortion before a pregnant woman undergoes the procedure. Under the bill sponsored by two GOP lawmakers, a man would be allowed to petition a court for an injunction against the procedure if he opposes an abortion by the woman he impregnated. Sen. Mark Pody said he introduced the bill after speaking with a resident who raised concerns that fathers don't have a say in abortions under the current law. "I believe a father should have a right to say what's gonna be happening to that child," Pody said, according to the