Five GOP lawmakers on Monday asked Gov. Bill Haslam to step in immediately to order a series of emergency rules to govern how the state’s abortion clinics dispose of fetal remains.
In a three-page letter to the governor, the senators also asked the governor to authorize an investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation into Planned Parenthood and the state’s other abortion providers to “determine whether and to what extent these clinics are engaged in activities in Tennessee that violate state law.”
The letter follows the release of a series of undercover videos shot by the Center for Medical Progress, allegedly showing Planned Parenthood executives discussing the sale of aborted tissue. Officials with Planned Parenthood’s national organization have denied that such sales happen, noting that the network of clinics does accept payment for storage and transportation costs, but makes no profit from such transactions.
In Tennessee a 1989 law bans the (continue reading at Tennessean)