Reproductive rights advocate walking across state to protest abortion ban
Francie Hunt (left), executive director of Tennessee Advocates for Planned Parenthood, leads a 538-mile walk from Memphis to Johnson City along with Laura Button (right) on Monday Sept. 26. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
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.
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Planned Parenthood Ashley Coffield Francie Hunt abortion rights Roe v. WadeAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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