Tennessee’s Title X funding has been on a rollercoaster for years, and the drama is continuing into President Donald Trump’s second term.
A Tennessee court is allowing some protections for abortions, but the threat of criminal penalties remains
Abortion rights supporters in Tennessee say a recent court ruling is a victory, but a small one. The ruling will protect emergency abortions in very limited situations.
Tennessee woman gets over 3 years in prison for blocking clinic access during protest
A Tennessee woman has been sentenced to over three years in prison for using threats and violence to interfere with the operation of a New York City reproductive health center in the early days of the pandemic in 2020.
NashVillager Podcast: Tennessee abortions after Tennessee’s abortion ban
What did Tennessee’s abortion ban actually change? Plus the local news for June 24, 2024.
Most Tennesseans pursuing abortion care head to Illinois or North Carolina
Tennessee residents have been traveling out of state for abortion care since the state’s ban went into effect. A new study looks at where they tend to go.
Tennessee’s abortion ban cost it $7M in federal funding. Now those dollars will be routed to Planned Parenthood.
The state’s Planned Parenthood chapter announced it secured a $7 million grant, bringing Tennessee’s Title X funding back to the state.
Unsealed documents identify man behind arson, shooting at Knoxville Planned Parenthood
Two weeks after traveling to the U.S. Capitol to participate in the Jan. 6 insurrection, a Tennessee man fired into the door of a Planned Parenthood clinic under construction in Knoxville. Less than a year later, he burned the clinic down.
How doctors carry the greatest legal risk under Tennessee’s total abortion ban
More than 30 years ago, when Dr. Carolyn Thompson chose to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology, she had little thought of Roe v. Wade being overturned.
For now, Tennessee residents needing abortions will have to travel as far as St. Louis or Chicago
It will still be a month or more before abortions are available within a three-hour drive of Nashville. Clinics in Carbondale, Ill., are still under construction, even as Tennessee’s total abortion ban takes effect this week.
Nashville lawyers and doctors offer a few warnings before the abortion ban takes effect
Lawyers and doctors in Nashville are trying to spread some advice before abortion becomes illegal in the state on Aug. 25. For starters, they say abortion will actually be illegal in Tennessee — not just inaccessible.
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