Abortion Issue Moves Forward

The Senate Judicial Committee approved a state constitutional amendment on abortion, which would allow the state to constitutionally place reasonable restrictions on abortion. The bill could go to a Full Senate vote this week or at least by the next two weeks. If it passes in the Senate and House, it will become a referendum on the 2010 Ballot. It will then be up to the people to decide it they want a Tennessee Constitutional Restrictions on Abortion’s in Tennessee.