There are 16 article(s) tagged Planned Parenthood:

• December 2022

  • Local Planned Parenthood to launch vasectomy program

    The CEO of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi said the organization has seen an uptick in calls since the abortion ban.

    By Aisling Mäki December 10, 2022

• September 2022

  • Reproductive rights advocate walking across state to protest abortion ban

    Outside Planned Parenthood’s Memphis Health Center, supporters joined Francie Hunt on the first leg of her 538-mile trek across Tennessee to protest the state’s abortion ban. 

    By Aisling Mäki September 27, 2022

  • New laws, funding cuts raise concerns teen births will rise

    Federal and state funds for local prevention efforts, including comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education in schools, began drying up before the pandemic.

    By David Waters September 11, 2022

• August 2022

  • Tennessee plagued by maternity-care deserts

    More than a third of Tennessee counties are maternity-care deserts, meaning there are no hospitals providing obstetric care, no birth centers, no OB-GYNs and no certified nurse midwives, putting pregnant women in a possibly risky situation. 

    By Aisling Mäki August 17, 2022

  • Tennessee’s abortion ban expected to increase pregnancy-related deaths

    “If you think abortion access going away does not affect you, you’re going to be mistaken, because this falls out into all areas of medicine,” said a Tennessee OB-GYN.

    By Aisling Mäki August 15, 2022

• July 2022

  • Biden executive order unlikely to expand Tennessee’s limited abortion access

    “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.”

    By Shera Avi-Yonah, Aisling Mäki July 08, 2022

• June 2022

  • Planned Parenthood suspends abortion services in Tennessee

    “This decision was not made lightly,” said Ashley Cofield, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi. “And it’s due to Tennessee’s legal landscape, which is extremely hostile to abortion access.” 

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    ‘Fetal heartbeat' law can go into effect immediately

    By Aisling Mäki June 28, 2022

• May 2022

  • Abortion-rights activists rally at Downtown march

    The Memphis gathering was one of several Planned Parenthood rallies in cities across the United States. The marches were organized after a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion leaked May 2 suggesting the landmark Roe v. Wade law could be restricted or overturned in the future.

    By Alicia Davidson May 14, 2022

  • Planned Parenthood to host ‘Bans off Our Bodies’ rally in Memphis

    The organization is holding similar rallies nationwide in support of retaining abortion rights in light of the U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that was leaked May 2.

    By Alicia Davidson May 13, 2022

• May 2020

  • Legislation could give DeBerry a chance to get back on ballot as independent

    Legislation in the General Assembly’s renewed COVID-19 session could help Democratic state Rep. John DeBerry find his way back on the ballot in 2020 after the Democratic Party took him off.

    By Sam Stockard May 27, 2020

• August 2019

  • Abortion rights activist Tamblyn to headline Planned Parenthood fundraiser

    Amber Tamblyn, a film director, actor, author and abortion rights activist, will be the main speaker at this year’s Standing Strong dinner, an annual Memphis fundraiser to support Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 30, 2019

  • Abortion rights advocate responds to being removed from Senate hearing

    Cherisse Scott, CEO of the reproductive rights advocacy organization SisterReach, was removed from a Senate hearing in a now-viral video clip. However, she says she's energized, not discouraged by the incident.

    By Jared Boyd August 21, 2019

• July 2019

  • Appeals court sides with Memphis man wanting to protest near Planned Parenthood clinic

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has sided with a Memphis man who wanted to protest on a street near a Planned Parenthood clinic.

    By Yolanda Jones July 26, 2019

• June 2019

  • Planned Parenthood targets DeBerry for votes restricting abortion

    Planned Parenthood is bashing state Rep. John DeBerry with billboards across Memphis highlighting his votes for legislation restricting and outlawing abortion. DeBerry says new attitudes are needed against the procedure.

    By Sam Stockard June 17, 2019

• March 2019

  • Planned Parenthood takes back endorsement of Towns over abortion vote

    In a largely symbolic gesture, Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi is taking back its endorsement of Democratic state Representative Joe Towns of Memphis in last year's primary and general elections because of Towns' recent vote in favor of the “fetal heartbeat” bill.

    By Bill Dries March 20, 2019

• February 2019

  • Memphis groups react to Title X family planning grant changes

    Local groups are reacting to last week's draft release of rule revisions for the Title X family planning program, changes that some say is a step toward defunding Planned Parenthood.

    By Elle Perry February 27, 2019