Tennessee: Lawmakers Pass New Rules for Abortion Clinics [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Tennessee: Lawmakers Pass New Rules for Abortion Clinics
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS APRIL 21, 2015

Legislation that would place licensing restrictions on all seven of Tennessee’s abortion clinics was overwhelmingly approved by state lawmakers Tuesday and sent to Gov. Bill Haslam, who is expected to sign them into law. Under the measure, facilities or physician offices would have to be licensed as ambulatory surgical treatment centers if they perform more than 50 abortions in a year. All of the state’s clinics fall into that category.


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