Abortion doctors restrictions take root in South  By EMILY
WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press Published:   In many places in
the South, clinic doctors come from out of state to perform
abortions and don't have ties to a local hospital. Critics say
the laws mean hospitals, leery of attracting anti-abortion
protesters, could get veto power over whether the already-scarce
clinics remain in business. They say the real aim is to outlaw
abortions while supporters say they are protecting women's
health.  The laws are the latest among dozens of restrictions on
abortions that states have enacted in the past two decades,
including 24-hour waiting periods, parental consent and
ultrasound requirements.  "You're looking at huge swaths of the
country where women's options are becoming severely limited,"
said Amanda Allen, state legislative counsel for the New York-
based Center for Reproductive Rights.  The requirements are
already in effect in Texas and Tennessee. Laws in Mississippi
and Alabama are on hold during court chall