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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

Tennessee passes resolution to make January 22 ‘day of mourning’ for aborted foetuses

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Republican legislators in Tennessee's House are trying to pass a resolution that would create a holiday memorialising the day that abortion became legal.

According to WPSD6, the conservatives want to make 22 January the "Day of Tears" and use it as a day to mourn aborted foetuses and embryos. The resolution was adopted in the state's House after a 72-20 vote.

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