The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says it’s been a long fight but now anti-abortion lawmakers in the legislature can take a sigh of relief.
With abortions halted in Tennessee, providers focus on helping patients travel
But there’s already a public effort to throw up roadblocks: Anti-abortion activists say their next legislative fight is trying to limit abortions across state lines.
Planned Parenthood may have performed its last abortion in Tennessee
Updated Tuesday at 10 a.m. Planned Parenthood clinics in Tennessee have stopped providing abortions because of the legal uncertainty around state law. The clinics in Nashville and Memphis did not resume operations Monday as scheduled, even though the federal appeals court had not yet acted on the state’s 6-week abortion ban.
A decade ago, Tennessee had more protections for abortion than much of the country. What changed?
Abortions in Tennessee are almost completely going away within the next month. But less than a decade ago, the state had more protections for abortion than the rest of the county.
Some Nashville churches that applauded the abortion decision kept their celebrations muted this weekend
Catholics and evangelicals have been waiting for Roe v. Wade to be overturned since it became the law of the land. But this weekend was not much of a pep rally for those who have advocated most strongly against abortions.
At Nashville Pride, festivalgoers celebrated LGBTQ rights but worried about the future
The Nashville Pride parade on Saturday was a celebration of LGBTQ rights and community. It led into a two-day festival at Bicentennial Park.
Hundreds gather in downtown Nashville to protest SCOTUS decision striking Roe v. Wade
Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Historic Metro Courthouse in downtown Nashville on Friday evening to protest the end of legal abortions in Tennessee.
Tennessee’s anti-abortion advocates are celebrating, and eyeing next steps in the abortion battle
Tennessee anti-abortion advocates are celebrating the overturning of Roe v. Wade and discussing the future of anti-abortion activism in the state.
Nashville’s DA has said he won’t prosecute abortion providers, but that might not make a difference in Tennessee
Nashville’s District Attorney Glenn Funk has previously stated that he won’t prosecute abortion providers in the city. Now, he’ll soon have to follow through on that promise.
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