{"id":33033,"date":"2024-12-20T16:41:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T16:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=33033"},"modified":"2024-12-20T16:41:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T16:41:41","slug":"tennessee-to-consider-bill-with-5m-penalty-for-mailing-abortion-pills-into-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/tennessee-to-consider-bill-with-5m-penalty-for-mailing-abortion-pills-into-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee to consider bill with $5M penalty for mailing abortion pills into the state"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><em>By:  Cassy Fiano-Chesser, originally published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/tennessee-consider-5m-penalty-mailing-abortion-pills\/&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">December 19, 2024, LiveAction.org<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A new bill has been introduced in Tennessee that would hold people or groups who mail abortion pills into the state civilly liable for $5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitol.tn.gov\/Bills\/114\/Bill\/HB0026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Bill 26<\/a>, or \u201cThe Unborn Child Protection Act of 2025,\u201d was introduced by Rep. Gino Bulso as a means of lowering the number of illegal abortions being committed in Tennessee. The $5 million penalty would be wide-ranging, able to apply to individuals and groups alike. Under the bill, manufacturers and distributors of abortion pills, online abortion businesses like Hey Jane and Plan C, abortion industry volunteers, and even friends or family members of the women could all be held liable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The text of the bill notes that it is a federal crime \u201cto mail abortion pills or to receive abortion pills in the mail. Such conduct is punishable by imprisonment for five years; (4) It is also a federal crime\u2026 to transport abortion pills in interstate or foreign commerce\u2026Violations of 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1461\u20131462 are predicate offenses under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), which exposes abortion-pill distribution networks and their donors to civil RICO liability as well as criminal prosecution as a racketeering enterprise\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The bill\u2019s text makes clear that any \u201cperson or entity\u201d mailing or delivering \u201can abortion inducing drug\u201d into Tennessee will be \u201cstrictly liable in the amount of five million dollars in damages for the death of the unborn child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Abortion Doctors Share How The Most Common Abortion Procedures Take Place\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zVk1qM1El9o?start=4&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The bill also defines what an \u201cabortion inducing drug\u201d is \u2014 clarifying that a drug or medication not intended to end a preborn human being\u2019s life (such as misoprostol for \u201ctreating a stomach ulcer\u201d) is&nbsp;<strong>not<\/strong>&nbsp;considered an \u201cabortion inducing drug\u201d (emphasis added):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>As used in this section, \u201cabortion-inducing drug\u201d: (1) Means a drug or medication that is intended to be used, and is used, to terminate the life of an unborn child; (2) Includes mifepristone, misoprostol, mifeprex (RU-486), when possessed or distributed for the purpose of terminating the life of an unborn child; and (3)&nbsp;<strong>Does not include a drug or medication that is possessed or distributed for a purpose that does not include the termination of the life of an unborn child<\/strong>, such as misoprostol that is possessed or distributed for the purpose of treating a stomach ulcer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI learned that there were some young ladies in Tennessee who had ordered and received abortion pills through the mail,\u201d Bulso&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2024\/12\/11\/gino-bulso-bill-seeks-5m-civil-liability-for-mailing-abortion-pills\/76896838007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told The Tennessean<\/a>. \u201cI began thinking about what else we might be able to do, both to deter folks from breaking the law and to provide a civil remedy to the family of an unborn child who\u2019s killed because abortion pills were illegally sent into the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Rep. Bulso added, \u201cIt\u2019s broader than just exposing manufacturers and distributors to liability. It imposes liability on any person or company who actually sends abortion pills or delivers abortion pills into the state for the purpose of killing an unborn child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Elisa Wells, co-founder of Plan C, told the Tennessean that her organization has no intention of obeying if this bill becomes law. \u201cTennessee House Bill 26 is a desperate political attempt to prevent abortion seekers from accessing abortion pills by mail, which has been proven to be a safe, effective, and common practice throughout the United States,\u201d she said. \u201cNo amount of threat or fear will be successful in stopping abortion pills from entering Tennessee by mail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Preventing abortion pills from being mailed into pro-life states appears to be the next battleground between pro-life and pro-abortion states. Several pro-abortion states\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-shield-laws-prosecution-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have passed \u201cshield laws,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0preventing pro-life states from taking legal action against abortion purveyors in pro-abortion states who violate the laws of pro-life states. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/texas-sues-new-york-abortion-pills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently sued<\/a>\u00a0a New York abortionist, Margaret Daley Carpenter, for illegally prescribing and mailing abortion pills to a woman in Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">That lawsuit, along with the Tennessee bill, could potentially have huge implications for the trafficking of abortion pills across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><em>Cassy Fiano-Chesser has over 20 years of experience as a writer and editor, most of which have been spent covering pro-life issues like abortion, disability rights, euthanasia, and more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Cassy Fiano-Chesser, originally published December 19, 2024, LiveAction.org A new bill has been introduced in Tennessee that would hold people or groups who mail abortion pills into the state civilly liable for $5 million. 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