Tennessee Right to Lifem JANUARY 9, 2018
- In a resounding victory for pro-life Tennesseans, Judges on the U.S.
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals have rejected a pro-abortion effort to
overturn the 2014 voter passage of Amendment 1.
"Although
the subject of abortion rights will continue to be controversial in
Tennessee and across our nation, it is time for uncertainty surrounding
the people's 2014 approval and ratification of Amendment 1 to be put to
rest," wrote Senior Judge David McKeague, a 2005 appointee of George W.
Bush.
Tennessee
Right to Life expresses profound gratitude to the many supporters,
advocates, and voters who sacrificed to see Amendment 1 placed on the
ballot and passed by public vote. It was made necessary by a radical
pro-abortion decision by the Tennessee Supreme Court in 2000 which
wrongly declared a so-called "fundamental right to abortion" in the
Tennessee Constitution thereby making enforcement of common-sense
protections impossible in Tennessee.
Passage
of SJR 127 and Amendment 1 remained the top priority and legislative
goal of Tennessee Right to Life for more than 16 years.
"Today's
ruling is vindication of the state's amendment process and victory for
the thousands of pro-life Tennesseans who sacrificed to see Amendment 1
passed," said Brian Harris, president of Tennessee Right to Life.
"We
are grateful to the legislators who placed the amendment on the ballot,
to voters who approved it, and to the Attorney General, Secretary of
State, and Coordinator of Elections who all worked tirelessly to defend
it," said Harris. "The voices of Tennessee's voters have been heard and,
as a result, public policy decisions on the matter of abortion can be
rightly debated and determined by the people's representatives."
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