Abortion - As introduced, specifies that the offense of criminal abortion does not include an abortion that was necessary due to a medical emergency affecting the physical or mental health of the pregnant person or performed on a patient whose pregnancy was the result of rape or incest. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15; Title 63 and Title 68.

SB 345 amends Tennessee's criminal abortion law to clarify that performing an abortion is not a crime when necessary due to a medical emergency affecting the pregnant person's physical or mental health, or when the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest. The bill directly affects licensed physicians who perform abortions under these specific exceptions. Key provisions remove criminal liability for such procedures by adding these exemptions to the statute, while maintaining that criminal abortion remains a Class C felony for other cases. The changes take effect July 1, 2025.