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 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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