Authored By david.morton

During a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting this week, state Sen. Todd Gardenhire argued it’s harder for a man to get a vasectomy than for a woman to get an abortion.

From the Nashville Post: “‘Men go through a lot more stringent process for a vasectomy than women, I assume, go through for an abortion,’ he told the committee. The comment came after Memphis Democratic Sen. Sara Kyle argued increased regulations on abortions should be extended to vasectomies if the government interjects in women’s reproductive decisions.”

The Tennessee General Assembly is considering new restrictions on abortion in the wake of a 2014 constitutional amendment authorizing the Legislature to regulate the procedure.