Tennessee Planned Parenthood receives federal grant
Pastor Joshua Watson leads prayer for (right to left) Francie Hunt of Tennessee Advocate for Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, Antwan Dandridge, Tennessee Planned Parenthood director Ashley Coffield and others before a 538-mile walk from Memphis to Johnson City, Tennessee, Sept. 26, 2022. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Tennessee was removed from the Title X program earlier this year and lost $7.1 million in annual federal dollars for its noncompliance around pregnancy options counseling in the state, where abortion has been banned.
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Planned Parenthood Ashley Coffield reproductive health Birth ControlAisling 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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