Signed by Governor Bill Haslam

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires the publication of abortion reports and requires physicians who perform abortions to have hospital privileges, effective July 1, 2012.

Highlights:

• Requires the State Department of Health to publish a report containing data about each abortion procedure performed in the state (Sec. 3).

• Requires the data in the report to include, but not be limited to, the following information (Sec. 3):
• The name of the physician who performed the procedure;
• The location where the procedure was performed;
• The following information about the woman upon whom the abortion was performed:
• Age;
• Race;
• Marital status;
• State and county of residence;
• Number of prior pregnancies; and
• Number of prior abortions.
• The gestational age of the fetus;
• The type of procedure used by the physician; and
• The date of the abortion.

• Prohibits the report from including the name of the abortion patient (Sec. 3).

• Requires a physician who performs an abortion to have hospital privileges in the county in which the abortion is performed or in an adjacent county (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires the publication of abortion reports and requires physicians who perform abortions to have hospital privileges, effective July 1, 2012.

Highlights:

• Requires the State Department of Health to publish a report containing data about each abortion procedure performed in the state (Sec. 3).

• Requires the data in the report to include, but not be limited to, the following information (Sec. 3):
• The name of the physician who performed the procedure;
• The location where the procedure was performed;
• The following information about the woman upon whom the abortion was performed:
• Age;
• Race;
• Marital status;
• State and county of residence;
• Number of prior pregnancies; and
• Number of prior abortions.
• The gestational age of the fetus;
• The type of procedure used by the physician; and
• The date of the abortion.

• Prohibits the report from including the name of the abortion patient (Sec. 3).

• Requires a physician who performs an abortion to have hospital privileges in the county in which the abortion is performed or in an adjacent county (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text