Embryologist Ric Ross holds a dish with human embryos at the La Jolla IVF Clinic in California. The Tennessee House voted down a bill that would have made clear that Tennessee’s abortion ban does not ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill Thursday to guarantee Tennesseans access to birth control and fertility treatments despite calls from nearly a dozen Republican lawmakers urging him to ...

Birth control and in-vitro fertilization treatment in Tennessee is already legal. House Bill 533 codifies those protections and doe not prevent lawmakers from regulating IVF in the future. Still, 11 ...

ALBANY — In a preview of the role reproductive rights will play in the 2026 gubernatorial race, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s campaign spent Wednesday engaged in combat over in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Eleven Tennessee House Republicans sent a letter to Governor Bill Lee's office asking him to veto a bill that guarantees Tennesseans access to birth control and fertility treatments ...

It’s a weird time to talk about contraceptives. Here's what the debate is missing.

In a legislative session dominated by the GOP supermajority's conservative agenda, Tennessee lawmakers this spring took the unusual, bipartisan step of protecting certain reproductive rights.