by allison | Jan 29, 2024 | Reproductive Rights
Last week the Washington Post ran a cover story about Allie Phillips, the Clarksville mom who had to leave Tennessee to receive lifesaving treatment for miscarriage. Now she’s running for State House. According to the story, Phillips met with her state rep, Jeff...
by allison | Feb 13, 2023 | Reproductive Rights
If you’re a progressive woman in Tennessee, maybe you participated in your local women’s march on January 19. Or maybe you sat home again this year, watching those big marches in New York or Washington, DC—oceans of women! famous women!—thinking, “That’s where I need...
by allison | Sep 17, 2022 | Reproductive Rights
I’m navigationally challenged, so last week I gave myself an extra half hour to canvass Fairfax Heights and Lupton City. I’ve driven through that honeycomb of a neighborhood enough times to know I’d get lost—and I did. That led to an interesting front-porch...
by allison | Aug 22, 2022 | Reproductive Rights
“I will say as chairman of (the TN Senate Health and Welfare Committee), I am getting some communications from totally different groups . . . that do think we probably should fine-tune the trigger bill somewhat to make sure that we don’t get our docs in trouble...
by allison | Aug 20, 2022 | Reproductive Rights
A project I’ve been working on since June finally came to fruition yesterday, with the publication of a Q&A with a highly respected OB/GYN about Tennessee’s abortion ban, which goes into effect Thursday. Once you understand the medical and legal implications of...
by allison | Aug 19, 2022 | Reproductive Rights
“First do no harm.” Doctors take that oath, and in my opinion lawmakers should too, because they hold tremendous power over people’s lives. There’s no starker example than Tennessee’s abortion ban, set to take effect Aug. 25. This ban begins at fertilization. It does...
