In the "early hours of the morning, police officers kept the public out of the Capitol building and arrested some protestors" while this group of Republican Tennessee State Senators hastily pushed through a “heartbeat bill” attempting to ban abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy.

Many women don't even know they are pregnant 6 weeks in.

"The passage of this ban comes just two months after @GovBillLee attempted to ban abortion procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic by labelling abortion care as non-essential.” - @ACLU

This is systematic racism in action:
“To pass an abortion ban, which disproportionately harms Black and Brown people, when these communities are already suffering under the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and police violence-

just proves that these politicians are more interested in furthering an anti-abortion agenda than in serving their constituents.

The ability to get an abortion must not depend on where you live or how much money you make.”

- @anjalidalal https://bit.ly/3ejUKlI 

These are the Democratic State Senators who opposed the bill, up until the Senate finally adjourned at 3am this morning:

(clockwise from L to R)

@katrinafortn
@SenatorGilmore
@yarbro
@SenAkbari
@SaraforTN