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At the statehouse: Republican lawmakers move to erase LGBTQ issues from schools, slap librarians with misdemeanors and threaten felonies for abortion pill providers

By Blaise Gainey

March 4, 2022

The General Assembly has kicked into high gear as we cross the halfway mark of session. This week featured hours-long debates, increasingly punitive bills and protests outside the capitol.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, book bans, lgbt, lgbtq, libraries, medication abortion

As more women seek abortion pills, Tennessee lawmakers are cracking down on them

By Blake Farmer

March 2, 2022

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Tennessee’s legislature is joining a few other Republican-led states in advancing new restrictions on abortion pills, which have grown more common than surgical abortions. A bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party line vote Tuesday night would add criminal penalties.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics Tagged With: Abortion, medication abortion, Mike Bell, Planned Parenthood, Tennessee Right to Life

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