By Associated Press
Nashville, TN – A proposal to change the Tennessee Constitution allowing the state to impose stricter limits on abortion is a step closer to voters. The resolution passed the House and Senate in 2009, but it must be approved by two-thirds of the current membership before it can go to voters in 2014. The measure passed the Senate 24-8 on Monday. The proposal says nothing in the state Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion. American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee executive director Hedy Weinberg opposes the measure because she says it would move the state closer toward taking away women's right to access safe and legal health care services.