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Section 5-9-115 - County funding of criminal abortions prohibited

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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).Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 168, s 1, eff. 4/17/2023.