Tennessee Bill Would Classify Abortion as Murder Under State Law
A new Tennessee bill would classify abortion as murder under state law, proposing that unborn children are entitled to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. The legislation from state Rep. Jody Barrett and Senator Mark Pody seeks to crack down on the influx of abortion pills into the state and would apply all existing homicide protections to the unborn from the moment of conception. The proposal represents one of the most aggressive anti-abortion measures introduced in any state since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade.
Read Full Story at Daily WireFor you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
— Psalm 139:13-14
The Tennessee bill reflects the conviction held by millions of Christians that human life begins at conception — a belief rooted in passages like this one, where the Psalmist marvels at God's intimate involvement in forming each person in the womb. The legislative debate will test whether this theological conviction can find expression in criminal law.