In our commentary, read about the political and cultural issues affecting Tennesseans written from a conservative perspective. Columns are typically written by Dr. Kent DelHousaye, a trained political theologian and a longtime pastor and the current FACT president.
How the 6th Circuit’s Pro-Life Decision Helps Tennessee Challenge Roe v. Wade
Dec 13, 2019 by David Fowler
When the United States Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit upholding an abortion-re...
Abortion Trial Over TN Law Shows Why Roe v. Wade Hasn't Been Overturned
Sep 27, 2019 by David Fowler
This week, a federal district court judge began listening to testimony in regard to a lawsuit brought by various abortion clinics in Tennessee against...
The Fundamental Abortion Question Isn’t What You Think
Aug 23, 2019 by David Fowler
I have listened again to all the legal testimony presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee in connection with the overhauled version of the “h...
The Elephant in the (Abortion Hearing) Room
Aug 16, 2019 by David Fowler
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s two-day hearings were the best and most significant hearings I’ve been part of in my more than twenty-fiv...
Shining the Light on Roe v. Wade and the ‘Heartbeat’ Bill Controversy
Aug 9, 2019 by David Fowler
Next Monday and Tuesday the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear lawyers wrangle over the constitutional defensibility of a so-called “fetal hea...
Is the Fetal Heartbeat Bill Viable?
Mar 8, 2019 by David Fowler
The bill making it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion (except under limited circumstances) once a fetal heartbeat is detected is “Exhib...
Will Legislators Take a Consistent Approach to Abortion and Marriage?
Feb 15, 2019 by David Fowler
Three bills filed in the General Assembly—two on abortion and one on marriage—point out how hard it is to find a consistent principle by w...
Has Evangelicalism Unwittingly Aided Cuomo and NY’s Abortion Law?
Feb 1, 2019 by David Fowler
Many in Tennessee and across the nation are appalled at the callousness toward human life underlying the abortion-to-the-moment-of-delivery law passed...
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