TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS CONSIDER BANNING ABORTION ONCE A WOMAN KNOWS SHE'S PREGNANT
Source: Newsweek
BY ALEXANDRA HUTZLER ON 8/12/19 AT 3:29 PM EDT
Tennessee lawmakers are considering a total ban on abortion by cutting off access to the procedure once a woman knows she's pregnant. If the legislation is passed, it will be one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the United States.
State senators will reconvene this week to discuss a "fetal heartbeat" bill, which would prohibit abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy. The measure was passed by the House of Representatives in March but stalled in the Senate.
More than 20 witnesses from both sides of the abortion debate will testify on the issue before the state's judiciary committee on Monday and Tuesday. During the two-day session, the committee will also discuss an 11-page amendment to the original fetal heartbeat bill that includes a drastic change to the definition of fetal viability.
Under Roe v. Wade, the Constitution protects a woman's right to abortion prior to the viability of a fetus. The Supreme Court considered viability to be the point at which a fetus can survive on its own outside of the womb, which is usually between 24 to 28 weeks into pregnancy.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/tennessee-considers-abortion-ban-when-pregnancy-detected-1453882?piano_t=1
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Or they'll have to take the morning after pill with their daily multivitamin. 
Personally, I think the guy who gets the girl pregnant will have half his wages garnished for the next 18 years, with the money going to the woman. And every legislator who voted for the law will have the same obligation.
It was my first real exposure to frank discussions of birth control and abortion.
This was prior to Roe v. Wade and not long after women were allowed to obtain birth control without permission from their spouse or parents.
One of the things they advocated was that women basically evacuate themselves every month and gave explicit instructions on creating a vacuum setup with a jar and some tubing. I never used it and the newsletter is long gone from my collection of papers, so I don't remember much of the details.
I do remember thinking it was not a bad idea, especially since I was already experiencing difficulties with my periods. I was just not in a living situation where I had the privacy to try it.
Aha! The internet is a wonderful thing - here is an article about menstrual extraction with a set up like I remember:
https://www.womenshealthspecialists.org/self-help/menstrual-extraction/
If women who don't want a pregnancy and who are in places where abortion is no longer available did this every month, the anti-choice assholes would not be able to control their bodies.
sorry to drastic whatever happened to its a decision between the dr. and his patient??? bastards have no business in women's medical issues.
for all time. Sickening. Gilead here we come
