Though in the bottom half of U.S. states, Tennessee ranked well in the best states for women survey compared to many other Southern states. Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina were the only states to rank above Tennessee at No. 22, No. 33 and No. 32 respectively. Alabama at No. 46, Georgia at No. 43 and South Carolina came in at No. 39.

The bill would specifically allow abortion care if physicians determine that fetuses would not survive outside the womb and medical interventions could not help.

Tennessee led a coalition of 17 states that sued the federal government over a requirement that workers get unpaid time off for abortion care.

Many of the bills filed in state legislatures across the country focus on abortion pills, abortion access for minors, and, in at least one state, how to undo protections for the procedure, The 19th reports.

Two Tennessee Republican lawmakers are supporting a measure that would enable physicians to perform abortions involving "fatal fetal anomalies," setting up a potential clash with those who oppose changes in the state's abortion ban. Rep. Esther Helton ...

A federal court has overturned a lower court ruling, giving new life to a suit filed by Tennessee and 16 other states that challenges protections for private, state and federal workers seeking abortions.

Paul Vaughn, who was convicted of blocking access to a Tennessee abortion clinic in 2021 and was pardoned by Trump, was more optimistic, telling his fellow abortion opponents at the LiveAction ...

“The Biden-era EEOC’s attempt to turn a good law into an ideological weapon to force broad elective abortion accommodations is illegal,” Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said in an emailed statement. “The EEOC’s unlawful regulations ...

North Dakota and Tennessee have passed similar laws in recent years with support from the anti-abortion group that makes the “Baby Olivia” video.

The term is being defined differently in the various states that have considered abortion trafficking legislation. In Idaho and Tennessee, abortion trafficking laws ban helping a minor get an out ...

“The Biden-era EEOC’s attempt to turn a good law into an ideological weapon to force broad elective abortion accommodations is illegal,” Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said in ...