Tennessee To Require Death Certificates For Aborted Fetuses

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Via Feministing, comes this pretty frightening tidbit. The state of Tennessee is proposing legislation to create death certificates for aborted fetuses. No, really. Republicans tout the bill as a way to track how many abortions are performed. As Feministing blogger, Jessica, points outs, the number of abortions is already reported, so really it’s just a way to infringe on the privacy of women; creating public records with their social security numbers and all.

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