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Monday, January 15, 2018

Appeals Court Upholds TN Ballot Measure Stripping 'Right' to Abortion from State Constitution

A federal appeals court upheld the state of Tennessee’s 2014 vote in favor of a ballot measure that removed the right to an abortion from the state’s constitution.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the ballot amendment known as Amendment 1 — which won by a 53 percent margin — by a 3-0 opinion.

According to the Tennessean, the measure added language to the state constitution that reads, in part: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion.”

Eight voters who opposed the measure — including the former chairman of the board of Planned Parenthood — challenged the vote’s results, demanding a recount, and won at the trial court level.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Abortion?
*Yawn*
we'd rather scream over BLM and silly hats.