Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help.

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She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year In Her Family’s Life. <[link removed]> Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help. We followed one family as they struggled to make it. by Stacy Kranitz, special to ProPublica and Kavitha Surana

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Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her. Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion. <[link removed]> A Tennessee mother wanted to end her high-risk pregnancy, but doctors feared prosecution. by Kavitha Surana, photography by Stacy Kranitz, special to ProPublica <[link removed]>

Tennessee Lobbyists Oppose New Lifesaving Exceptions in Abortion Ban <[link removed]> With an amendment to Tennessee’s abortion ban on the table, a powerful anti-abortion group pushes Republican lawmakers to take the narrowest interpretation on when a doctor can legally intervene in high-risk cases. by Kavitha Surana <[link removed]>

“We Need to Defend This Law”: Inside an Anti-Abortion Meeting With Tennessee’s GOP Lawmakers <[link removed]> Anti-abortion groups helped write and pass laws that kicked in to ban abortion when Roe v. Wade was overturned. The groups see Tennessee’s ban as the country’s strongest — and they want to keep it that way, according to audio reviewed by ProPublica. by Kavitha Surana <[link removed]>

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