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Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., is pictured on July 16, 2013. The medical center came under fierce scrutiny Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, after conservative political commentator Matt Walsh posted a series of tweets accusing the private hospital of opening its transgender health clinic because it was profitable, as well as criticizing some of the treatments VUMC provides to minors. Now, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is calling for an investigation into the clinic. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

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Social media posts spark calls to investigate Tenn.'s VUMC
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Wed,09/21/22-2:18PM , 175 Reads
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has called for an investigation into a pediatric transgender health clinic after videos surfaced on social media of a doctor touting that gender-affirming procedures are “huge money makers” for hospitals and a staffer saying anyone with a religious objection should quit.
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A sign reading "My body, my Choice," is taped to a hanger taped to a streetlight in front of the Idaho State Capitol Building on May 3, 2022. In Idaho, the U.S. Department of Justice has sued the Republican-led state over its abortion trigger law after arguing it violates a federal law requiring Medicaid-funded hospitals to provide "stabilizing treatment" to patients experiencing medical emergencies. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP, File)

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Three more GOP-led states enact abortion 'trigger laws'
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Wed,08/24/22-11:01PM , 66 Reads
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three more Republican-led states banned almost all abortions this week as yet another slate of laws severely limiting the procedure took effect following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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An operating room technician performs an ultrasound on a patient at an abortion clinic in Shreveport, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2022. The abortion bans taking effect after the nation's highest court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022 vary greatly in how they define when a pregnancy can be ended. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson)

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EXPLAINER: How gestational age plays a role in abortion laws
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Thu,07/14/22-2:40PM , 89 Reads
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The abortion bans taking effect after the nation's highest court overturned Roe v. Wade vary greatly in how they define when a pregnancy can be ended.
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FILE -Officers on horseback guard the entrance to designated demonstrator areas near Riverbend Maximum Security Institution as people wait to enter before the scheduled execution of inmate Oscar Smith, Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Newly released records show at two least two people connected to a planned Tennessee execution that was abruptly put on hold April 21 knew the night before that the lethal injection drugs the state planned to use hadn’t undergone certain required testing. Last month, Gov. Bill Lee abruptly halted inmate Oscar Smith’s execution, citing an “oversight” in the execution process. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

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Records: 2 people in execution knew drugs hadn’t been tested
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Fri,05/13/22-5:27PM , 90 Reads
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