Significantly weakened abortion ban exception moves forward in General Assembly
State Rep. Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) told the House Population Health Subcommittee about her abortion on Tuesday, March 14. Reproductive health advocates sat in the audience and held signs. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian)
Tennessee lawmakers are close to amending the state’s total abortion ban to allow doctors to terminate pregnancies to save patients’ lives. But the amended bill is more vague than the original about when abortion would be legal.
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Abortion Sen. London Lamar Tennessee General AssemblyIan Round
Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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