Appalachian Tennessee Abortion Providers Are Still Fighting to Provide Care
Amid abortion bans across Southern Appalachia, it’s harder than ever for abortion providers in Tennessee to offer services.
Young people in Appalachia are being shaped in an era fraught with political unrest, surrounded by almost insurmountable global issues that will shape the world they inherit. But all at once, they are expected to both save the world and care far less about things too serious for them to understand. Here, we give young Appalachians space to think out loud, examine and amplify issues they know are impacting their identities, their communities and, by extension, their politics.
Amid abortion bans across Southern Appalachia, it’s harder than ever for abortion providers in Tennessee to offer services.
I’ve been thinking about our efforts since 2016 to collectively rewrite a different future, one where Appalachia, especially young Appalachia, is fully cognizant of the dystopia and hopeful nonetheless.
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