Catherine Sweeney
WPLN Health ReporterCatherine Sweeney is WPLN’s health reporter. Before joining the station, she covered health for Oklahoma’s NPR member stations. That was her first job in public radio. Until then, she wrote about state and local government for newspapers in Oklahoma and Colorado. In her free time, she likes to cycle through hobbies, which include crochet, embroidery, baking, cooking and weightlifting.
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Several bills making their way through the Tennessee statehouse highlight the debate over law enforcement’s access to reproductive health care records.
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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.
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The Center for Reproductive Rights, seven patients and two doctors filed their lawsuit last year. They are arguing that Tennesseans — including the women named in the lawsuit — are being wrongfully denied medically needed abortions because the law’s vagueness leaves doctors in the lurch.
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As Tennessee’s abortion restrictions continue to evolve, there is growing concern about how much privacy the law gives to patients who travel from this state to clinics where abortion is unrestricted, like the one in Carbondale, Illinois.
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A proposal that would make it a felony to help teens get abortions passed out of its first committee hearing Tuesday in Tennessee.
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Deadly tornadoes tore through Middle Tennessee on Saturday, causing damage and power outages for thousands. As of 7:15 p.m., six people were confirmed dead. There were three deaths in Clarksville and three in the Madison area of Nashville. There were also dozens of injuries across the region.
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A new study on Medicaid expansion argues that Tennessee could give 150,000 more residents health coverage and still end up saving money.
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Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade just over a year ago, some advocates expect more Tennessee teens will carry their pregnancies to term.
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Tennessee’s abortion ban is facing another legal challenge, and it hinges on the law’s ambiguity around medical exceptions.