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Continuing Coverage: Abortion In Depth

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Sixty days after the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, Tennessee imposed the most draconian ban on abortion in the country. A total ban, with no clear exceptions — not even for rape, incest or to save the life of the patient.

It was a dramatic turnaround for a state that, less than a decade ago, had some of the strongest protections for abortions in the country. Both before and after Dobbs, our reporters sought to help Tennesseans understand just how much has changed.

On this reel:

Two months after Roe v. Wade’s fall, Tennessee’s full abortion ban takes effect (Aug. 25, 2022)

A decade ago, Tennessee had more protections for abortion than much of the country. What changed? (July 27, 2022)

How doctors carry the greatest legal risk under Tennessee’s total abortion ban (Aug. 25, 2022)

For years, teens came to Nashville to ask for a judge’s permission to get abortions instead of telling their parents. That’s done, leaving ‘zero options.’ (Aug. 30, 2022)

Two sisters got pregnant young. The choices they made — and the secrets they kept — shaped their lives. (June 6, 2022)

What Tennessee can learn from a high-profile tragedy that led to the legalization of abortion in Ireland (Nov. 1, 2022)

Plus:

Explainer: How the Dobbs decision affects Tennesseans’ reproductive options (June 30, 2022)

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Paige Pfleger, Criminal Justice Reporter

Paige Pfleger covers criminal justice for WPLN News. She has investigated guns and juvenile justice as a fellow with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network, and her investigation into domestic violence and firearms dispossession won a regional Edward R. Murrow award and was a finalist for an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award and a Livingston Award. She previously covered criminal justice and addiction in Ohio and was named the state's reporter of the year by the Associated Press. Her work has appeared nationally on NPR, The Washington Post, Marketplace, and PRI's The World, and she has worked in the newsrooms of The Tennessean, Michigan Radio, WHYY, Vox and NPR headquarters in DC.

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