Amendment 1 Tennessee 2018

The amendment added the following to Article I of the Constitution of Tennessee: "Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion. Nashville, - In a resounding victory for pro-life Tennesseans, Judges on the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals have rejected a pro-abortion effort to overturn the 2014 voter passage of Amendment 1.

Tennessees pro-abortion leaders and organizers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up their challenge of the peoples pro-life vote on Amendment 1. By declining their request, the lower courts decision remains in effect and affirms Amendment 1.

In a decision issued earlier this morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit formally upheld Tennesseans' 2014 vote to ratify Amendment 1 to the Tennessee Constitution. Amendment 1, approved by 53 percent of voters, added language to the state's constitution that said: "Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion."

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a 2014 Tennessee ballot amendment that removed the right to an abortion from the state constitution. Amendment 1 won by a 53 percent margin. A federal court ruled that Tennessee wont have to recount votes on a constitutional amendment that allows tougher abortion restrictions.

What did Amendment 1 change about the Tennessee Constitution? Amendment 1 added language to the Tennessee Constitution stating that "Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion." In a victory for pro-lifers this week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to Tennessees Amendment 1; therefore, it will be allowed to stand.