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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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A year after Tennessee lawmakers carved out narrow exceptions to Tennessee’s strict abortion ban, a three-judge panel heard competing arguments over whether to throw out a lawsuit seeking to clarify those exceptions or to temporarily block the state from enforcing the law as written.
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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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Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on including an extremely narrow exemption to Tennessee’s strict abortion ban, carving a narrow option for doctors to use their “reasonable medical” judgment in deciding whether providing the procedure can save the life of the pregnant patient or prevent major injury.
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It will still be a month or more before abortions are available within a three-hour drive of Nashville.
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Effective immediately, abortions performed or attempted after 6 weeks are now illegal in the state of Tennessee. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave the green light Tuesday morning
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Tennessee has limited availability, a mandatory 48-hour waiting period and mandated counseling. The longer someone waits for an abortion, the more expensive it can become.
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The impending reversal of Roe v. Wade generated a wave of questions.
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Tennessee women’s rights groups are challenging a state law they say will interfere with the decision-making process for pregnant people undergoing…