Demonstrators marched from the Tennessee State Capitol to the Metro Courthouse on Friday, June 24, 2022, to protest the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ended federal abortion rights.
It’s been nearly a year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, which triggered Tennessee’s abortion ban.
Now, Tennessee residents have to travel out of state for abortion care. This makes it financially and physically challenging for many to receive the healthcare they need. Since then, physicians, activists, and every day people have rallied to put pressure on officials, raise funds for those seeking abortions in other states, and even left the state so that they can continue to perform abortions.
In this hour, we unpack what the last year has been like in a post-Roe Tennessee.
Guests:
- Catherine Sweeney, WPLN health reporter
- Dr. Ivana Thompson, OB/GYN
- Rebecah Boynton, writer, local food advocate and women’s rights activist
- Elle Robinson, director of Abortion Access Cookeville
- Briana Perry, co-executive director of Healthy and Free Tennessee
- Robyn Baldridge, president of Abortion Care for Tennessee
This episode was produced by Elizabeth Burton
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