Council blocks additional funding to enforce state abortion laws
“We have a moral obligation to do whatever we can to protect our right to privacy,” said Memphis City Council member JB Smiley Jr., seen here in 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
The resolution by council member JB Smiley, who is also seeking the Democratic nomination for Tennessee governor, calls on county law-enforcement officials not to enforce state abortion law.
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