{"id":1840223,"date":"2023-02-08T16:05:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T21:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1840223"},"modified":"2023-02-08T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T21:08:37","slug":"tennessee-governor-proposes-millions-in-funds-for-crisis-pregnancy-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-governor-proposes-millions-in-funds-for-crisis-pregnancy-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Governor Proposes Millions In Funds For Crisis Pregnancy Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-governor-proposes-millions-in-funds-for-crisis-pregnancy-centers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1840223&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee<\/a> Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bill-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Lee<\/a> The allocation of $100 million from the state to support women with disabilities was proposed this week \u201ccrisis pregnancy,\u201d including resources for crisis pregnancy centers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lee made the comments during his State of the State address on Monday, saying that the funding was a necessary part of the state\u2019s commitment to pro-life values. If approved by state lawmakers, grants will be given to different nonprofit organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, I\u2019m proposing a $100 million grant program to partner with nonprofits that serve mothers, fathers, and families during a crisis pregnancy,\u201d Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/governor\/sots\/2023-state-of-the-state-address.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> During his speech. \u201cOur Office of Faith-Based Initiatives has a unique ability, and an important opportunity, to engage nonprofits and community organizations. I believe it\u2019s time to equip them with the resources they need to play a bigger role as we endeavor to better serve children and families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can have a healthy debate about the policy specifics, but we can also agree that America is rooted in a commitment to human dignity,\u201d He concluded. \u201cThere was a significant shift in this country last year when it comes to protecting the lives of the unborn. We now all have an opportunity and a moral obligation to support strong Tennessee families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the repeal of the Tennessee Abortion Act, the proposed funding will be sent to the state legislature. <em>Roe v. Wade <\/em>June 2022, giving the Volunteer state some of the strongest protections for life in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the governor\u2019s press secretary, Jade Byers, the resources will go to nonprofits that provide direct services for crisis pregnancies, adoption support, counseling around pregnancy, workforce assistance for new moms, housing assistance for mothers needing a place to stay, and other \u201cwraparound services\u201d To support mothers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many nonprofits will be eligible to receive grants, including crisis pregnancy centers. <a href=\"https:\/\/crisispregnancycentermap.com\/\">There are<\/a> Tennessee has 60 such centers. It would seem that $100 million in funding is more than the total funding for such centers in all 50 states between 2021-2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-politics-bill-lee-tennessee-7509c03331225cc884ac2878ae71ef0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> To the Associated Press\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lee has also proposed using state funds to pay for infants\u2019 diapers for their first two years on behalf of mothers who use TennCare, a health coverage program for lower-income individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the <em>Dobbs<\/em> decision last year, Tennessee has in place maximum legal protection for unborn children under our law and the opportunity to significantly boost support for mothers, children and families facing a crisis pregnancy, and Gov. Lee is making it a top priority,\u201d Byers spoke to The Daily Wire via email.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/attorneygeneral\/news\/2023\/2\/7\/pr-23-05.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joined<\/a> On Tuesday, 23 state attorneys general sent a letter asking Yelp about its discrimination against pregnant resource centers.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee proposed this week the allocation of $100 million in state funds to help women facing a \u201ccrisis pregnancy,\u201d including resources for crisis pregnancy centers.\u00a0 Lee made the comments during his State of the State address on Monday, saying that the funding was a necessary part of the state\u2019s commitment to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1840226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[10411,6170,4543,4173,4961,14341,5392,6651],"class_list":["post-1840223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-centers","tag-crisis","tag-funds","tag-governor","tag-millions","tag-pregnancy","tag-proposes","tag-tennessee"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1840226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1840223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1840223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}