Making a case for religious liberty may be one of the few ways Tennessee’s abortion ban could be effectively challenged in court. Lawsuits using religious liberty arguments have been filed in several states, including Florida and Texas, though not yet in Tennessee.
Metro councilmembers pitch $500K grant for abortion access and sex education
Nashville leaders are responding to a total ban on abortions that’s now taken effect in Tennessee. The law is one of the strictest in the country with no exceptions for rape or incest.
Advocates for rape survivors begin lobbying effort to add exceptions to Tennessee’s strict abortion ban
The Sexual Assault Center in Nashville is launching a campaign directed at Republican state lawmakers to allow abortion for rape and incest, even though they’ve shown almost no interest in exceptions to the law.
Vanderbilt makes certain policy changes to ‘mitigate’ harm from Tennessee’s all-out abortion ban
Vanderbilt University Medical Center says it is changing some policies in order to “mitigate” concerns about health and equity created by Tennessee’s abortion ban.
Two months after Roe v. Wade’s fall, Tennessee’s full abortion ban takes effect
It’s Day One of Tennessee’s full abortion ban. Our reporters are on the ground reporting on what that looks like.
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.
Tennessee’s abortion law does not contain the lifesaving ‘exception’ you may think it does, lawyers say
When Tennessee’s abortion ban was originally introduced, lawmakers said the legislation included an exception for the life of the mother. But lawyers say the reality of the law is much more complicated.
What questions do you have about birth control in Tennessee?
This Is Nashville wants to know: What questions do you have about contraception?
Abortion wasn’t on the ballot in Tennessee, but it was on the minds of voters
After waiting in line for more than an hour, Jacqueline Smith voted at a recreation center in Spring Hill with one thing on her mind — Tennessee’s fleeting abortion access.
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