Tennessee advances bill to ban people from helping minors obtain abortion

Proposed bill that could see prison sentences of up to 15 years for breaching rules moves forward in state legislature

Tennessee state legislators moved on Tuesday to advance a bill that would ban people from taking minors for an abortion without parental permission - an act that the bill has dubbed abortion trafficking".

If someone illegally recruits, harbors, or transports a pregnant unemancipated minor" for an abortion, they could face three to 15 years in prison under the proposed bill, which has now advanced out of a state house subcommittee after a hearing.