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The number of abortion clinics in Tennessee decreased over the years, with 128 in 1982, 33 in 1992, and 7 in 2014. There were 12,373 legal abortions in 2014, and 11,411 in 2015. The 2023 American Values Atlas reported that, in their most recent survey, 53% of people from Tennessee said that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. [8]
The Tennessee Constitutional Amendment: 1, commonly known as Amendment 1 or the No State Constitutional Right to Abortion and Legislative Power to Regulate Abortion Amendment, is an approved legislatively referred constitutional amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee that appeared on the ballot on November 4, 2014. [2]
Tennessee once boasted the harshest anti-abortion law in the land. However, over the last few years, lawmakers had to make tweaks to safeguard women’s lives and protect doctors from going to prison.
Tennessee's near-total abortion ban went into effect in August 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court abolished the right to an abortion. The Tennessee General Assembly in April 2023 created a medical ...
Tennessee instituted its abortion ban two months after the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the federal right to abortion with its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in June 2022.
More:Fact check: A new Tennessee abortion law does not ban Plan B, 'morning-after' pills. Maternal health equity. Sen. London Lamar, D-Memphis, hopes to create a new governor's advisory committee ...
Tennessee's governor has approved legislation designed to block adults from helping minors get an abortion or receive gender-affirming care without parental consent, proposals that are both likely ...
Like other states, Tennessee's abortion ban only went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade in 2022. It was originally passed in 2019 before many Republicans thought the ...