Bill to Limit Abortions Advances -- Measure Still Faces Test in Next General Assembly

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NASHVILLE - A proposal to change the Tennessee Constitution to allow the state to impose stricter limits on abortion has passed both chambers of the General Assembly, but still has hurdles to cross before going to voters for ratification in 2014.

The resolution, which passed the Senate in March, was approved 76- 22 by House members Monday night. That was significant because for nine years, abortion-rights opponents have been unable to win House approval of the proposed amendment.

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Bill to Limit Abortions Advances -- Measure Still Faces Test in Next General Assembly

The measure is intended to void a Tennessee Supreme Court ruling in 2000 that found an even stronger right to privacy, and thus abortion, in the ...

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