A Tennessee committee comprised entirely of men announced today that it will hear a bill that would outlaw abortion and turn citizens into bounty hunters.
, in that it arms anyone in the state—even without connection to the patient—with the right to sue an abortion provider, someone who “aids and abets an abortion,” or someone who “intends to aid and abet an abortion.” Though the amendment, sponsored by, would allow physicians to perform abortions in certain instances that are considered life-threatening, the exception would no longer apply if the risk to the patient’s life is self-inflicted .
Unsurprisingly, the presiding health subcommittee who is set to hear the new ban is entirely male, with 8 of 10 being Republican. Even less of shock? In 2019, a member of the committee,