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Tennessee Lawmakers on Both Sides Support Adding Exemptions to Current Abortion Laws

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Tennessee Lawmakers on Both Sides Support Adding Exemptions to Current Abortion Laws
Pro-life activists celebrate outside the Supreme Court after the top court ruled to erase a federal right to an abortion and sent abortion law to the states to decide, on June 24, 2022. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Chase Smith
Chase Smith
12/30/2022|Updated: 12/31/2022
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Just after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, a federal court allowed Tennessee’s “Heartbeat Bill” to become law, making the state’s abortion law one of the strictest in the nation.

Some of the legislators who supported and voted for the bill and other abortion legislation have made statements indicating they will support new legislation to ease the burden on physicians and add exceptions for rape and incest.

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