Tennessee Anti-Abortion Constitutional Amendment Surmounts First Hurdle

Nashville Public Radio: Abortion Amendment up to the State House, by Joe White:

Eleven years ago the Tennessee Supreme Court found that the state constitution protects a woman’s right to an abortion. But Monday the state Senate approved a measure to allow voters to overturn that decision.

With an anti-abortion majority in both houses last year, the legislature passed Senate Joint Resulution 127, asking voters to un-do the state Supreme Court’s decision.

Now SJR 127 is in the second step – it has to pass by two-thirds, in both chambers. . . .