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Tennessee bill would make abortion providers names public.


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It would also make the names of women receiving abortions public. (I don't think HIPPA will let this part fly.)

A new bill moving through the Tennessee House of Representatives would require the state to publish the names of each doctor who performs an abortion and detailed statistics about the woman having the procedure, which opponents worry will spur anti-abortion violence in the state.

The Life Defense Act of 2012, sponsored by state Rep. Matthew Hill (R-Jonesboro), mandates that the Tennessee Department of Health make detailed demographic information about every woman who has an abortion available to the public, including her age, race, county, marital status, education level, number of children, the location of the procedure and how many times she has been pregnant. Each report would also have to include the name of the doctor who performed the procedure.

Several health organizations, including the Tennessee Medical Association and Planned Parenthood, are concerned that the bill will make doctors and women vulnerable to attacks, especially considering the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas abortion provider, by an anti-abortion activist in 2009.

The rest of the story can be found here.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/1 ... 63410.html

These bills if they become law will be appealed up to the Supreme court. Please remember when you vote this November you will be voting for a president who is going to be appointing the justices who will hear these appeals.

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so just throw out patient confidentiality? That weird privacy protected by the law??? it is amazing all of the freedoms these freedom loving republicans want to take away.

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Talk about painting a bull's eye on someone's back. That's exactly what this TN bill would do if it became law. I guess they fail to realize that doctors who perform abortions are also OB/GYN's who would do everything he/she could to help a pregnant woman who wants to carry the pregnancy to term.

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