Representative Gino Bulso’s (R-Brentwood-District 61) House Joint Resolution aimed at amending the Tennessee constitution to offer more protection for the unborn has been placed on the Civil Justice Subcommittee for Wednesday, 2/19.
HRJ 0007 aims to take the rights of children in the womb to a deeper level by proposing a constitutional amendment enshrining their protections, thereby making it more difficult to reverse or overturn than a regular piece of legislation.
The resolution affirms, “That a person shall not be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall a person be denied equal protection of the laws. As used in this section, ‘person’ includes every human being from fertilization to natural death.”
Bulso has also filed the Unborn Child Protection Act of 2025 (HB0026) as a companion to the resolution, which mirrors much of the language in HJR 0007 and reiterates, “Human life begins at fertilization,” and that, “An unborn child is entitled to the full and equal protection of the laws that prohibit violence against any other person.”
