Lyndsay Kash works at the clothing shop Marine Layer in the 12 South shopping district. When she saw the news that Roe v. Wade was overturned, she was shocked.
Legal challenges to Tennessee’s trigger abortion ban are unlikely. Here’s why.
In other states, groups like the American Civil Liberties Union or abortion providers have brought lawsuits to try to stop or slow trigger abortion bans. But, we’re unlikely to see that type of challenge in Tennessee.
Tennessee’s full abortion ban will go into effect Aug. 25
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its judgement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Tuesday, the decision overturning Roe v. Wade. That starts the clock on Tennessee’s so-called trigger law.
The state of adoption in Tennessee
With the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe vs. Wade, adoption has been widely discussed as a solution to an unwanted pregnancy. But it’s not so straightforward. We talk to both adoptees and adoption advocates to better understand adoption in Tennessee.
Biden executive order could provide some small protections for Tennesseans seeking abortions
In most cases, abortion is expected to become completely illegal after fertilization in Tennessee in mid-August.
Abortion medication goes underground in Tennessee
At a rally in Nashville, Planned Parenthood organizer Julie Edwards looked out at some of the “back alley abortion” imagery on signs, including bloody coat hangers. But Edwards told the crowd, driven into the streets by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on abortion rights, that it’s not like the old days before Roe v. Wade.
Nashville leaders propose paying travel costs for Metro employee abortions
Nashville leaders are pushing for the Metro government to reimburse travel expenses for any employee who has to travel outside of Tennessee for an abortion.
An anti-abortion pregnancy center in Nashville was vandalized overnight
The FBI is joining a Nashville police investigation into an attempted arson at Hope Clinic for Women, which is known for discouraging its patients from seeking abortions. Local police say this is the first local act of vandalism related to the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Explainer: How the Dobbs decision affects Tennesseans’ reproductive options
The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health has already dramatically changed the landscape for abortion rights in Tennessee. Here’s an explanation of what’s changed in Tennessee and the services that are still available.
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