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Scott DesJarlais advocated for abortion restrictions, though court documents show he privately coerced his wife, mistresses to terminate pregnancies ...
Tennessee's near-absolute ban on abortion takes effect on Thursday, two months after the Supreme Court's landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturned federal protection for ...
In Tennessee, anti-abortion groups and leading Republican pols are blocking an exemption from a total abortion ban for doctor-defined medical emergencies, fearing a “subjective” standard might ...
State attorneys seek to dismiss a lawsuit over Tennessee’s near-total abortion ban after a new law added limited exceptions ...
A Tennessee jury on Tuesday convicted six pro-life protesters of violating federal law by blocking the entrance to a Mt. Juliet abortion clinic during a 2021 demonstration.
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee’s so-called “abortion trafficking law,” which bans adults from helping minors get an abortion without parental permission.. Tenn. Code ...
Phillips was informed by her doctor that her life was at risk, and she subsequently decided to have an abortion, but because of Tennessee's ban, she was forced to leave the state.
The Tennessee statute is similar to the "abortion trafficking" law enacted in Idaho last year. A federal judge has since temporarily blocked Idaho's law after abortion access activists sued.
GOP state leaders in Tennessee and other states that banned abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 argue that they are bolstering services for families.
A Tennessee woman who was denied an abortion despite a fatal abnormality says the state’s anti-abortion laws resulted in her losing an ovary, a fallopian tube and her hopes for a large family ...
Opinion: Tennessee's anti-abortion laws are too harsh, judges rule. Time to repeal them. Voters have a chance on Nov. 5 through state legislative elections to show whether the abortion debate is ...
NASHVILLE — A federal judge Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee from enforcing a law banning adults from helping minors get an abortion without parental permission. In a 49-page ruling, U.S ...