Tennessee Statutes
§ 5-9-115 — County funding of criminal abortions prohibited
Tennessee § 5-9-115
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-9-115 (2026).
Text
A county 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) .
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Legislative History
Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 168, s 1, eff. 4/17/2023.
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 5-9-115, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/5-9-115.