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A thread to highlight something important in the the anti-choice bill Tennessee is trying to pass.
The bill grants an embryo legal status the moment “when the human sperm has penetrated the female ovum.” #tnleg
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The bill grants an embryo legal status the moment “when the human sperm has penetrated the female ovum.” #tnleg
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This definition of viability is PRIOR to implantation.
The indirect consequences of this bill will now make hormonal birth control methods, including IUDs, which prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg, an instrument of abortion.
The indirect consequences of this bill will now make hormonal birth control methods, including IUDs, which prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg, an instrument of abortion.
This would make it a crime for any doctor who prescribes hormonal birth control, any pharmacist who fills the prescription and any woman who takes it -- an unintended but real consequence of the bill.
This is dangerous. This is unconstitutional. This is why your vote matters.
This is dangerous. This is unconstitutional. This is why your vote matters.
