Planned Parenthood suspends abortion services in Tennessee

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Planned Parenthood was not performing abortions at its facilities in Memphis and Nashville on Monday in anticipation of court action to unblock the six-week ban, said spokesperson Matt Anderson.
46% : "This decision was not made lightly, and is due to Tennessee's legal landscape, which is extremely hostile to abortion access," said Ashley Coffield, CEO and President of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi.
43% : MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi announced it is suspending providing abortion services in Tennessee.
40% : The action by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes before Tennessee's other abortion ban, known as the so-called trigger ban, is set to restrict abortion almost entirely in less than a month.
38% : A federal court on Tuesday allowed Tennessee's ban on abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy to take effect, citing the Supreme Court's decision last week to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights case.

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