Posted on 08/21/2015 3:20:54 PM PDT by Morgana
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State legislators said Wednesday they want to give the Health Department more authority to track how fetal tissue is disposed of after abortions.
Sen. Mike Bell, R-Riceville, who presided over a joint hearing of the Government Operations Committee, said the Health Department is making required inspections of abortion clinics but there could still be illegal tissue sales going on without the inspectors' knowledge.
Bell said lawmakers want to know more about how Tennessee regulates abortion after seeing hidden-camera videos that raised the question of whether Planned Parenthood officials in other states were profiting from the sale of fetal tissue. Planned Parenthood has said it charges fees solely to cover its costs.
Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner told the committee state health officials make unannounced inspections of abortion clinics each year, but inspectors don't enforce the criminal law that makes it illegal to buy or sell fetal tissue in Tennessee. If inspectors suspected a clinic were breaking the law, they would inform the appropriate authorities, he said.
Dreyzehner and two of his staff testified the Health Department's Office of Vital Records keeps records of every abortion performed in Tennessee, but those records don't include how the fetus was disposed of. They also said there are regulations governing how hospitals and ambulatory surgical treatment centers must dispose of human tissue and fluids, but those don't apply to doctors' offices.
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There is no excuse why more regulations haven’t already been put in place. Republicans control the state House and state Senate and the governor’s office but the leadership is a bunch of RINOs.
substitute the words “baby murder” for “abortion” because that’s what it is.
How can so many people condone this - they must have mush for brains.
Abortion mills are not "doctor's offices."
It is amazing how those who commit abortion get away with utterly flouting the law. It isn't surprising that they flout the law--we can expect that people who routinely commit murder would commit other unethical and immoral acts--it is just surprising how much they get away with it. All they have to do is claim to be supporting "women's rights" and they can literally get away with anything.
More regulations????? Why not shut them down. . .it’s the Christian thing to do. But wait. . .I’m not sure there are enough believers left in the TN legislature to get the job done.
Mike Bell 9th State Senate District..
I voted for him until we were gerrymandered into the 10th where we now have an idiot RINO AMNESTY pusher who I wont vote for..
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