Tennessee’s governor has approved legislation designed to block adults from helping minors get an abortion or receive gender-affirming care without parental consent. Both proposals are likely to face immediate legal challenges when they go into effect later this year.
On guns and abortion, polling shows Tennesseans at odds with their elected lawmakers
The state legislature continues to lose favor with Tennessee voters. A 2020 poll by Vanderbilt University showed 60% approval of the Tennessee General Assembly — and the latest polling, out this month, shows that figure has dropped to 46%.
Kentucky governor to speak out against strict abortion ban in neighboring Tennessee
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is planning a trip to Tennessee next month to speak out against the state’s sweeping abortion ban. He will speak in Nashville at an event called “Championing Reproductive Freedom.”
Fewer future obstetricians are applying to train in Tennessee, study shows
Soon-to-be medical school graduates are showing less interest in Tennessee’s OB-GYN residencies, according to new research by the Association of American Medical Schools.
Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe’s demise
A growing number of progressive candidates are choosing to tell their own abortion stories. And they’re doing so more frequently in states that banned abortion after the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Tennessee’s ban on abortion help for minors nears the finish line
It could soon be a crime to help Tennessee teenagers get an abortion. A bill passed out of the Senate and has one vote left in the House. Like many abortion policies, vague wording leaves a lot open to interpretation.
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.
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to require anti-abortion group video, or comparable, in public schools
Tennessee would become the latest state to require public school students to watch a video on fetal development produced by an anti-abortion group, or something comparable, under legislation heading to Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s desk.
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.
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