(Nashville)
Following a legislative session marked by passage of Right to Life
priorities including amendment resolution SJR 127, the political action
committee of the state's leading pro-life organization has announced their
endorsements for the upcoming primary elections.
"Tennesseans have made great progress in electing demonstrated
pro-life leaders to the General Assembly," said Brian Harris,
president of Tennessee Right to life. "With so much at stake
and the fate of unborn children in the balance, we urge every pro-life
Tennessean to work and vote for the election of women and men of conscience
who understand the value and dignity of every human life," said
Harris.
In addition to first passage of SJR 127, a resolution
to put an amendment before state voters in 2014 which would again make the
Tennessee Constitution abortion-neutral, pro-life leadership and majorities
in both chambers of the Legislature passed bills requiring the posting
of non-coercion law in facilities where abortions are performed,
ensuring that first priority in distribution of family planning funds
be given to local health departments rather than abortion facilities, and
establishing that abortion not be a funded benefit in exchanges to
be established as part of the federal health care plan.
Abortion has become an increasingly important matter in state
races following a landmark ruling by the Tennessee Supreme Court in 2000
which found a fundamental right to abortion and struck down popularly
supported measures such as informed consent and 2 day waiting periods for
women considering abortion and other laws regulating the operation of
abortion facilities in Tennessee.
"Tennessee is a strongly pro-life state and it is only
appropriate that our public policies reflect the views of that
majority," Harris said. "It is a top priority of Tennessee
Right to Life to see that the men and women who fill those seats next
January are people of principle who will not only vote the right way but
who will lead dramatically for the protection of the weak and vulnerable
among us."
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