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Via Truth Revolt:
Several bills approved by state lawmakers yesterday are headed to the desk of Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.The bills require Tennessee abortion clinics to licensed as surgical centers and require a 48 hour wait following counseling before getting an abortion.
The governor is expected to sign them, according to his spokesman.
Tennessee would join 22 states that require abortion providers to meet ambulatory surgical center standards and 26 states that have waiting periods, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports access to abortion.
This is the first time in 15 years that lawmakers have touched on the issue of abortion in the state.
The measures follow a Tennessee amendment approved by voters in November that allows the state General Assembly to change abortion policies for the first time since the state Supreme Court struck down abortion restrictions in 2000.
Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of the restrictions.