Tennessee abortion clinic moves up the street to escape one state's ban
By Gabriella Borter
BRISTOL, Va. (Reuters) - The women's health clinic in Bristol, Tennessee, had a seemingly simple solution to continue providing abortions after its home state banned the procedure this summer: It moved a mile up the road to Bristol, Virginia, where abortion remained legal.
But relocating between the twin cities brought a host of challenges.
Bristol Women's Health has faced logistical hurdles, legal concerns and local opposition since opening in late July across the state line, which runs through the cities' shared main street. Its experience encapsulates the complicated new reality of abortion in America after the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, ending the nationwide right to terminate a pregnancy.
Abortion laws now vary dramatically from one state to another, leaving many communities without any access to the procedure. That's the case in Tennessee, one of about a dozen Republican-led states that enforced near-total bans on abortion after the court's ruling.
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