When Jules Edwards was a teenager, they say being able to access an abortion was life-saving health care. 

“I was somebody who had an abortion as a teenager and didn’t tell my family and got support through a family friend,” Edwards said recently. “And that saved my life and gave me my future.”

Now, as executive director of Abortion Care Tennessee (ACT) and Mountain Access Brigade (MAB), independent organizations funding Appalachians who need to seek…