Biden executive order unlikely to expand Tennessee’s limited abortion access
Protesters rally during a march for Planned Parenthood in Downtown Memphis on May 14. Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi suspended abortion services on June 28, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. (Lucy Garrett/Special to The Daily Memphian)
“The executive order ... protects contraception and providers who are going to be needing to do their jobs to save the women that we’re going to see an influx of,” said one local OB-GYN. “I think that’s a good start.”
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abortion rights Roe v. Wade Biden administration Planned ParenthoodShera Avi-Yonah
Shera Avi-Yonah is an enterprise freelance intern for The Daily Memphian. She has previously reported for Bloomberg News and the American Prospect.
Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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