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.
Mayor of Nashville talks leading a blue city inside a red state
America’s political divide is showing up in the struggle between some Democratic-led cities in Republican-led states. Freddie O’Connell, the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, talks about how this power struggle is affecting his city.
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.
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