Metropolitan funding of criminal abortions prohibited

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TN Code › Title 7 › Chapter 3 › Section 7-3-106

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A metropolitan government shall not expend funds for the purposes of assisting a person in obtaining a criminal abortion. This prohibition includes expending funds as part of a health benefit plan or for travel to another state for the purpose of obtaining an abortion that would be a criminal abortion if performed in this state. As used in this section, "criminal abortion" means an abortion that is prohibited by § 39-15-213 and does not include an abortion performed pursuant to § 39-15-213(c) . Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 168, s 3, eff. 4/17/2023.

A metropolitan government shall not expend funds for the purposes of assisting a person in obtaining a criminal abortion. This prohibition includes expending funds as part of a health benefit plan or for travel to another state for the purpose of obtaining an abortion that would be a criminal abortion if performed in this state. As used in this section, "criminal abortion" means an abortion that is prohibited by § 39-15-213 and does not include an abortion performed pursuant to § 39-15-213(c) .

Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 168, s 3, eff. 4/17/2023.

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