Making Physicians Felons and Taking Over Public Schools: A Week in TN GOP Politics

A summary of TN political news

Andy Spears
2 min readJun 26, 2023
Photo by Hush Naidoo Jade Photography on Unsplash

This past week in Tennessee politics demonstrated that the state’s supermajority is advancing an agenda at odds with democracy.

Here are a few stories from the week on issues ranging from reproductive rights to education policy.

First, a look at the impact of Tennessee’s near-total abortion ban:

Next, a plea for policymakers to enact commonsense gun reform:

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Andy Spears

Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .