Tennessee Bill Would Allow Prosecution For Death Of An Embryo

It’s passed the Tennessee Senate and House, but Governor Bill Haslam hasn’t said where he stands on the bill.

The bill (HB3517) marks the second change in two years to a law that since 1989 had it a crime to cause the death of a “viable fetus.” That was changed last year to eliminate the word “viable.”

Sen. Mae Beavers, R-Mount Juliet, the sponsor, said legislators have since learned that, under the scientific definition of a fetus, the term only applies when eight weeks or more has passed since conception. Adding “embryo” covers from the moment of conception.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.