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Editor’s note. In 2014, voters in Tennessee added “Amendment 1” to the state Constitution. The key wording is in the beginning: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion.” The following excerpt comes...
Editor’s note. Last Friday Judge Kevin Sharp ruled that as many as 80,000 votes cast in the 2014 vote on “Amendment 1” should be thrown out. Sharp took the position that if a voter voted only for the Amendment to the state Constitution, and not also for governor, the...
By Brian Harris, President, Tennessee Right to Life Editor’s note. In 2014, Tennessee voters added “Amendment 1” to the state Constitution. The key wording is in the beginning: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the...
Circuit Court Judge Michael Binkley Rules Against Planned Parenthood claims Editor’s note. In 2014, Tennessee voters added “Amendment 1” to the state Constitution. The key wording is in the beginning: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to...
Editor’s note. This update comes courtesy of Tennessee Right to Life, NRLC’s state affiliate. By way of background, in 2014, voters added “Amendment 1” to the state Constitution. The key wording is in the beginning: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a...
By Brian Harris, President, Tennessee Right to Life On Tuesday morning, the trial began. Lawyers for Planned Parenthood activists are arguing that the state's long-established process for counting votes and ratifying amendments to the state constitution somehow...
By Dave Andrusko While the state of Florida battles an activist judge to ensure that its 24 hour waiting period goes (and stays) in effect, in Tennessee, the fruits of the state’s long-term pro-life commitment were on display. Taking effect today is the state’s...
By Dave Andrusko For the final post of the day, a short but important story. Quoting the Associated Press The passage of Amendment 1 was the state's [Tennessee’s] top news story of 2014 as voted on by reporters and editors of The Associated Press, AP member...
Editor’s note. NRL News Today has carried many stories about Tennessee’s Amendment 1. (See, for example, nrlc.cc/1w42g8o, nrlc.cc/1lGSkOy, and nrlc.cc/1lGSpls.) Always overwrought, of late opponents have gone into overdrive, trying to defeat an amendment to the...
Newspaper Ads Across the State Disregard Facts, Victims of Taliban Regime Editor’s note. This update was provided by “yes on 1” Calling themselves "Tennesseans for Preservation of Personal Privacy, Inc.," well-funded pro-abortion opponents of Amendment 1 paid...