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How A Knoxville Abortion Clinic Became A Target On Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade
In Tennessee, a Planned Parenthood center was attacked at a tumultuous moment in the fight over abortion. The FBI predicts more violence at clinics to come.
By Melissa Jeltsen
Updated
Mar 08, 2021
Illustration by Hokyoung Kim
Whitney Maddox was waiting for an Uber in east Knoxville, Tennessee, one early Friday morning in January when he spotted a black sedan idling outside a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Assuming the car was for him, Maddox hurried over and peered inside. Then he bolted away. What he saw in the vehicle, he later told police, was a white man with a white bandana over his face. The man was holding a shotgun and pointing it at the clinic doors.
Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Bill Allowing Fathers Say in Abortion
13 Feb 2021
Two Tennessee lawmakers introduced legislation Friday that would allow the father of an unborn child to file a petition for an injunction to block a woman from aborting the couple’s child.
State Sen. Mark Pody (R) introduced SBO494 in the Senate and Rep. Jerry Sexton (R) presented a companion measure, HB1079, in the Tennessee House.
As introduced, the legislation would allow “a person to petition a court for an injunction to prohibit a woman who is pregnant with the person’s unborn child from obtaining an abortion.”
The bill would also require the petitioner “to execute a voluntary acknowledgement of paternity that is not subject to being rescinded or challenged.”