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 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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