null / Credit: ShutterstockCNA Staff, May 31, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA).An adult who helps an underage girl get a surgical or chemical abortion in Tennessee will be liable to criminal prosecution and a civil lawsuit for wrongful death starting July 1 if a new law enacted this week takes effect.The new Class C felony, called "abortion trafficking of a minor," applies to an adult who "recruits, harbors, or transports" a pregnant girl 17 or younger within the state for the purpose of procuring an abortion. It does not apply to the parents or legal guardian of the underage girl. A Class C felony in Tennessee carries a prison sentence of between three and 15 years and may carry a fine of up to $10,000. Abortion is already illegal in Tennessee except to preserve the life of the mother or "prevent serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman," according to a statute enacted in April 2023. Tennessee
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