Inside a Hospital’s Abortion Committee
A Tennessee doctor explains how lifesaving decisions get made—and denied. Read more at The Atlantic
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Inside the Internal Debates of a Hospital Abortion Committee
In states that banned abortion, doctors are forced to wrestle with tough decisions about high-risk pregnancy care. “I don’t want to have a patient die and be responsible for it,” one Tennessee doctor said. Read more at Talking Points Memo/ProPublica
Tennessee advances bill to ban people from helping minors obtain abortion
The bill would allow individuals to sue for “wrongful death” after an abortion – language that suggests that a fetus is legally considered a person. Establishing the legal personhood of fetuses is a longtime goal of the anti-abortion movement and could have sweeping implications for vast swathes of US law, as it could leave pregnant … Read more
A Tennessee lawmaker helped pass a strict abortion law. He’s now trying to loosen it
Some people in Tennessee say he still has a long way to go to make things right. “I do think that we find ourselves in exactly the position that lawmakers intended us to be in,” says Elise Boos, an obstetrician in Nashville. “We’re scared to death to provide care, and so it’s withheld.” Read more … Read more
‘I wasn’t allowed to get the healthcare I needed’: the women suing Tennessee for being denied abortions
K Monica Kelly had to travel to Florida for an abortion after her fetus was diagnosed with trisomy 13 – now she’s part of a group suing her state Read more at The Guardian
Breaking: Travel bans proposed in Tennessee & Oklahoma
I want to be clear: When I say these laws target anyone who “helps” a teen get an abortion, I don’t just mean someone who physically takes them out of the state. You could be arrested for lending a teenager gas money, or texting them the url of an out-of-state clinic. That’s because both Tennessee’s … Read more
Tennessee bill targets adults who take minors out of state for abortion
The bill says that an adult who “recruits, harbors, or transports a pregnant unemancipated minor within this state for the purpose of” aiding them in getting access to actions that constitute “criminal abortion” under Tennessee law “commits the offense of abortion trafficking of a minor,” despite where the action occurs. Read more at The Hill … Read more
Tennessee’s abortion ban put her at risk – now she’s running for office to change the law
There was nothing that could be done to heal Miley; if the fetus made it to birth – and that was a big if – she would probably die soon afterward. Phillips had just two options: she could continue her pregnancy, at great risk to her own health, or she could get an abortion. But … Read more
Women challenge abortion bans in three states after emergency care denied
Women who say they were denied abortions in medical emergencies have taken legal action in Idaho, Oklahoma and Tennessee, in the latest attempt to challenge abortion bans that, abortion patients and doctors say, prevent people from getting care even when their health is in danger. Read more at The Guardian
South Carolina passes 6-week abortion ban
South Carolina House passes six-week abortion ban If all three of these bans go into effect, North Carolina will be the only state in the South to allow abortion through the first trimester. The procedure is currently banned in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee; it is only allowed up to six weeks in Georgia. … Read more