Tennessee legislature passes heavily restrictive abortion clinic measure

• Legislation would require clinics to be licensed as surgical treatment centers
  
• Separate proposal calls for 48-hour waiting period before abortion
  

Legislation that would place licensing restrictions on all seven of Tennessee’s abortion clinics was overwhelmingly approved by state lawmakers Tuesday and sent to the governor.

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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