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Tennessee State troopers have arrested at least 10 unhoused people in the past month under a 2022 law prohibiting outdoor camping on public property, according to court records

State troopers take in 10 unhoused people around Riverfront Park

homelessness · tennessee · nashville · uspol

December 2, 2024 at 1:11:42 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylimits/outdoor-camping-law-enforced-downtown/article_0a1d916e-a925-11ef-9124-533be66d10d9.html

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signs bill requiring fetal development videos in public schools

tennessee · AbortionRights · education · uspol

April 24, 2024 at 6:42:40 AM EDT * · permalink

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https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/23/baby-olivia-act-tennessee-gov-bill-lee-signs-bill-into-law-fetal-development-videos-public-schools/73431020007/

Tennessee GOP Lawmakers Redirected $3M In Maternal Health Funds To Crisis Pregnancy Centers Not Required To Base Services On Medically Accurate Information

tennessee · uspol · AbortionRights

April 19, 2024 at 7:16:57 AM EDT * · permalink

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https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/19/tennessee-lawmakers-redirect-3-million-maternal-health-funds-to-crisis-pregnancy-centers/73347541007/

Nashville Program Addressing Representation Problem In Medicine Expands.

The program created partnerships between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and nearby research institutions that allowed HBCU scholars to participate in cardiovascular research labs during the academic year.

tennessee · medicine · diversity

February 26, 2024 at 2:43:40 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.wsmv.com/2024/02/23/nashville-program-addresses-representation-problem-medicine/

An updated health equity report from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee reveals that race and social factors continue to influence health outcomes for many Tennesseans, particularly in areas such as childhood immunizations and maternal care.

tennessee · healthcare · inequality

February 2, 2024 at 5:33:05 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/feb/01/new-bluecross-tennessee-health-equity-report/#/questions

Researchers Estimate 5,000 Tennessee Women Became Pregnant From Rape Since Ban On Abortion

abortion · uspol · tennessee

January 30, 2024 at 6:42:49 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2024/01/29/estimate-five-thousand-tennessee-pregnancies-rape-since-tennessee-abortion-ban/72367904007/

Gender-affirming health benefits for Nashville employees would be affordable, new report says

uspol · tennessee · GenderAffirmingCare

October 3, 2023 at 2:21:56 AM EDT * · permalink

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https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2023/09/29/gender-affirming-care-nashville-would-be-inexpensive-report-says/71001406007/

A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed Tennessee and Kentucky to enforce laws banning gender-affirming medical care for minors, such as puberty blockers, hormones and surgery.

TransRightsAreHumanRights · GenderAffirmingCare · uspol · tennessee · kentucky

September 29, 2023 at 5:53:51 AM EDT * · permalink

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https://www.reuters.com/legal/appeals-court-upholds-tennessee-kentucky-bans-transgender-care-minors-2023-09-29/

Tennessee's lost reproductive healthcare funding will go to Planned Parenthood after state was disqualified from Title X over not following federal guidelines about abortion.

uspol · tennessee · PlannedParenthood · abortion

September 27, 2023 at 7:44:18 AM EDT * · permalink

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https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/health/2023/09/26/planned-parenthood-in-tennessee-gets-federal-funding-over-state-health-department/70965790007/

Hospital officials have confirmed that Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation after turning the medical records of transgender patients over to Tennessee’s attorney general.

tennessee · CivilRights · transgender · healthcare

August 14, 2023 at 2:09:38 AM EDT * · permalink

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https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-transgender-vanderbilt-e524f08f8324c46b106cbe3a054724ff

Transgender patients sue VUMC for providing records to state attorney general

tennessee · transgender

July 28, 2023 at 1:21:07 AM EDT * · permalink

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https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/transgender-patients-sue-vumc-providing-records-tenn-attorney-general

State senator, doctors slam TN attorney general over stance on abortion health record rule Democratic Sen. Heidi Campbell called Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti's position 'patriarchal;'

uspol · abortion · tennessee

July 25, 2023 at 3:36:58 AM EDT * · permalink

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https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/24/campbell-tells-attorney-general-to-take-his-patriarchal-ideological-crap-and-shove-it/70458998007/

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti wants the state to be able to investigate and compel information on out-of-state abortions, according to a letter he co-signed with 18 other Republican attorneys general in response to a White House-backed federal rules change that would further shield reproductive health medical records.

uspol · abortion · AttorneyGeneral · tennessee

July 18, 2023 at 2:12:33 AM EDT * · permalink

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https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/17/tennessee-ag-skrmetti-opposes-federal-rule-change-on-abortion-records/70421514007/

Tennessee attorney general threatens Fortune 100 companies with legal action for race-based policies

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is leading a coalition warning the nation's largest companies — many of which have diversity and equity programs — they could face legal action for using race-based policies.