A Tennessee woman has been sentenced to over three years in prison for using threats and violence to interfere with the operation of a New York City reproductive health center in the early days of the pandemic in 2020.
Here are 10 notable new laws taking effect July 1 in Tennessee
Starting July 1, more than 100 new laws take effect in Tennessee. Altogether, lawmakers passed more than 500 new laws, but some will be enacted throughout the year.
Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging federal rules to accommodate abortions for workers
A lawsuit challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on Friday.
Seven Tennessee women were denied medically necessary abortions. They just had their first day in court.
The Center for Reproductive Rights, seven patients and two doctors are arguing that Tennesseans are being wrongfully denied medically needed abortions because state law vagueness leaves doctors in the lurch.
Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusion
In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear, resulting in denied treatment to some pregnant women in need.
The year after a denied abortion
Mayron Hollis nearly died giving birth, but that was only the beginning. She got pregnant in Tennessee in 2022 after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. She didn’t have money to travel out of state, so she continued the pregnancy.
As Tennessee lawmakers continue cracking down on abortion, concern about medical record privacy grows
As Tennessee’s abortion restrictions continue to evolve, there is growing concern about how much privacy the law gives to patients who travel from this state to clinics where abortion is unrestricted, like the one in Carbondale, Illinois.
Tennessee laws denied Allie Phillips an abortion. Now she’s running for office.
Here & Now’s Deepa Fernandes speaks with Allie Phillips, who is running for a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives after she was impacted by the state’s abortion restrictions. She’s running for Tennessee’s 75th district, northwest of Nashville.
A Tennessee lawmaker helped pass a strict abortion law. He’s now trying to loosen it.
Laws on abortion are out of step with public opinion. One Republican legislator in Tennessee is working to establish exceptions to his state’s strict abortion laws, but he faces a tough battle.
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