Abortion resolution passes state House
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Associated Press: 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, lawmakers say. The measure — which says "nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion" — seeks to change the document to void a Supreme Court ruling in 2000 on abortion restrictions. … Now that it has passed this session, the measure still has to be approved by two-thirds — or 66 votes — in the next General Assembly before it could go to voters in 2014. Rep. Henry Fincher, a Cookeville Democrat and co-sponsor, said receiving the necessary two-thirds vote this time is an indicator of what may lie ahead. "Assuming there's no change in the makeup of the General Assembly, there's a good chance that it will pass then and go to the ballot," Fincher said. But even after that, there's still another hurdle to cross. "Regardless of the legislative numbers ... it has to be approved by a majority of the people that vote in the governor's election," he said. "That's a lot of folks."
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