Despite having supermajorities in the House and Senate, professing pro-life Republicans, with the blessing of several prominent pro-life groups, killed a bill yesterday which would have made TN the most anti-abortion state in the country and banned abortion by establishing equal protection of the laws for preborn babies.
The Foundation to Abolish Abortion, (FTAA) which was a strong proponent of the legislation, explains how House Bill 570 was defeated:
After IMMENSE pressure from the Pro-Life establishment and the left-wing media, NONE of the Republican lawmakers on the Tennessee House Population Health Subcommittee had the courage to motion for House Bill 570 to be heard.
Many pro-abortion activists CHEERED in celebration upon the failure of House Bill 570.
What were they cheering?
The legislation recognizes that “innocent human life, created in the image of God, should be equally protected under the laws from fertilization to natural death.” House Bill 570 and Senate Bill 738 require that all preborn babies are “protected with the same criminal and civil laws protecting the lives of born persons by repealing provisions that permit prenatal homicide and assault.”
Under this legislation, murdering anyone would be made illegal for everyone, ensuring that all humans made in the image of God are equally protected in accordance with the Tennessee Constitution, the United States Constitution, and the Law of God.
While it’s bad enough that none of the prominent pro-life groups in the country and state lent their support to the legislation, including Right to Life, Students for Life, and the Southern Baptist ERLC, some groups such as Tennessee Right to Life discouraged pro-life lawmakers from supporting the legislation.
Following the defeat, Kristi Stone Hamrick, the Vice President of Students for Life (whose organization has spent years lobbying against abortion bills across the country), exulted in the loss.
