An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
The Freedom from Coercion Act
Abortion coercion against the law
Tennessee’s legislature has passed a bill requiring abortion facilities to post a sign detailing state law on forced or coerced abortions.
The Freedom from Coercion Act (SB 3812) was sponsored in the Senate by Senator Jack Johnson (R), who explains one of the factors behind introducing the bill.
“The Medical Science Monitor, which is an interdisciplinary medical journal, cited a statistic. They did a survey, and 64 percent of women who had abortions reported that they were in some way influenced or coerced into having that abortion,” Johnson reports. “That might have been from a boyfriend…a spouse, a husband, parents or some other person.”
The pro-baby murder bunch would have you believe the “my body, my choice” nonsense, but quite often, it is NOT the woman’s choice. Outside influences can often promote the slaughter of innocents. Obviously, the child is given no choice at all.
The bill, SB 3812, summarized:
Bill Summary
Present law makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a person to compel, coerce, or exercise duress against any person in order to obtain or procure an abortion on any female. Additionally, present law provides that an abortion may be performed or induced only with the informed written consent of the pregnant woman, given freely and without coercion. Generally, this bill requires:
(1) Facilities that perform abortions to post signs informing people of the above provisions; and
(2) That additional information be given to any pregnant woman who is a minor, as described below.
See whole bill, with amendments, here.
The bill in no way denies the right to an abortion, and Johnson notes that a lawsuit against it is possible. He is confident, however, that it meets constitutional muster, and he says placing the signs is the same as posting about state law on alcohol and tobacco sales.
I’m baffled how anyone could have voted against such a bill, but there appears to have been 4. The way the website is set up, it’s difficult to tell what the final vote was exactly.
Andy Berke, D – Chattanooga
Ophelia Ford, D – Memphis (part of Shelby County-District 29)
Jim Kyle, D – Memphis (part of Shelby County-District 28)
Beverly Marrero, D – Memphis (part of Shelby County-District 30)
(If I am mistaken in my understanding of this vote, please correct me.)
Is it any wonder that conservatives call the Democrats the “party of death”? Now, while it’s not surprising that all are Democrats, it is surprising that 2 women are in that number. I am continually dismayed that the gender, that is suppose to be nurturing, always seem to be the first on the band wagon in their desire to destroy life. I just don’t get it.
Also, it’s not surprising that 3 of these state senators are from the Memphis area. 
The bill has been sent to Governor Bredesen to sign. I’m hoping, even though he is a Democrat, he will have the good sense to sign it into law.
