Tennessee to Stop Enforcing Two Abortion Regulations Protecting Women's Health
A lawsuit brought by three abortion clinics against the state's recently passed abortion regulations is making its way through the courts.
In a statement from attorney general spokesperson Harlow Sumerford reported last Thursday by the Associated Press, the state agreed to cease enforcing the regulations that mandated abortion clinics have hospital-admitting privileges and mandated that clinics have hospital quality surgical standards.
The decision was reached partly because of a United States Supreme Court decision last year striking two similar regulations in the state of Texas....