Draconian Abortion Ban is Back: Extremist Lawmakers Wage War on TN Women!

The ACLU of Tennessee reports that the dangerous anti-choice amendment is back. Last year the recurring-sponsor of this amendment, extremist Sen. David Fowler (R-Signal Mountain), withdrew the measure after it was amended. The radical senator had a problem when his bill was amended to permit abortions for women who have been raped, women who are victims of incest, or women whose life is endangered.

Extremist Sen. Fowler believes in forced maternity with no exceptions. No doubt he also supports visitation rights for rapists. Gee, Sen. Fowler, do you really want all the loonies who can’t get a child the normal way to come to Tennessee for a little rape and procreation? Do you have a daughter? A wife? A mother? Are you human? I don’t think so.

Last year, Sen. Rosalind Kurita was one of 17 Democrats to vote for a woman’s right to refuse to reproduce her rapist. Yeah, we have a few women lawmakers here in the right-wing male dominated state of Tennessee, a very few. Women are 17% of the General Assembly, and that’s the all time high.

Fifty-three percent of adult Tennesseans are illiterate. Our school system is one of the worst in the nation. The Governor is trying to cut 323,000 people from the state’s healthcare plan for the poor, the disabled and the elderly; the sickest are to be cut first! And what are the idiots in charge up to?

The idiots in charge are approving specialty license plates guaranteed to get the dirt-poor state sued, again. They are debating (and I use the term loosely) gay adoption bans, abortion bans, gay foster-parenting bans. They've passed a gay marriage ban and they generally appear to be having a gay old time.

A number of them don’t seem to understand the point of an education, so they don’t waste much time on that issue. One of their perks is healthcare benefits for life, so that’s not one of their big issues either.

If they weren’t brain damaged, they might know that governments can push people only so far before all hell breaks loose.

The proposed amendment, SJR127, would strip the guarantee of abortion rights from the state’s constitution, with no exceptions! It’s on the agenda for the Senate Judiciary Committee this coming Tuesday (4-5-05) at 3:30. Be there!

From ACLU-TN:

Please contact your State Senator on Monday or Tuesday morning if he/she serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee and urge them to oppose SJR127. If your State Senator does not serve on this committee, contact them and ask them to urge their colleagues on the committee to vote against SJR127. Phone numbers can be found at: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us. You may also contact your legislator toll-free by calling 1-800-449-8366 and entering the extensions listed below.

Email Senate Judiciary Committee Members:

Senator Curtis Person Chair (R-Memphis) ext. 12419
Sen. Doug Jackson Vice-Chair (D-Dickson) ext.14499
Tommy Kilby Secretary (D-Wartburg) ext. 11449
Stephen Cohen (D-Memphis) ext. 14108
David Fowler (R-Signal Mountain) ext. 11764
Jamie Hagood (R-Knoxville) ext. 11648
Joe Haynes (D-Nashville) ext. 16679
Jeff Miller (R-Cleveland) ext. 13794
Mark Norris (R-Collierville) ext. 11967