Shelby lawmakers take opposite sides on fetal heartbeat bill
Legislation prohibiting abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected passed a key committee Tuesday, but Shelby County lawmakers on the panel are split on the bill.
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Barbara Cooper Kevin Vaughan Larry Miller Tom LeatherwoodSam Stockard
Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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