Diocesan faithful represented at Pro-Life Day on the Hill The East Tennessee Catholic As the Tennessee General Assembly prepares to adjourn the 2024 session this month, pro-life supporters in the Diocese of Knoxville hope lawmakers will adopt into law the Underage Abortion Trafficking Act that would strengthen efforts to tackle …
‘The truth has no exceptions’
Challenges to pro-life efforts only ramped up following Supreme Court Dobbs decision The East Tennessee Catholic The truth has no exceptions. This keynote message for the annual banquet of Tennessee Right to Life’s Knox County chapter on Oct. 5 reverberated through Bridgewater Place event center in Knoxville as East Tennessee …
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Pro-life East Tennesseans mark key anniversary
Tennessee Right to Life holds Prayer and Praise event to recognize Roe reversal The East Tennessee Catholic Catholics from the Diocese of Knoxville joined Tennessee Right to Life and the pro-life community on June 24 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. When the U.S. …
Fighting for life
Challenges to Tennessee’s strong anti-abortion laws draw the ire of Catholic women voters The East Tennessee Catholic The 2023 edition of Pro-Life Women’s Day on the Hill proved to be an exercise in civic action and grassroots legislative influence as Catholic women from across the state convened in Nashville on …
Marching for life in a post-Roe world
Knoxville event draws hundreds to celebrate an abortion-free Tennessee By Gabrielle Nolan Jan. 22 would have commemorated the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It would have, if not for the fact that the legislation legalizing abortion throughout the United States was overturned by the Supreme Court on June 24 …
’49 years, 5 months, and 2 days’
Tennessee Right to Life remembers a half-century spent defending unborn at annual event By Dan McWilliams Forty-nine years, five months, and two days—that’s how long abortion was the law of the land after Roe v. Wade. Tennessee Right to Life’s Knox County chapter marked the end of that nearly half-century …
Tennessee law banning abortions takes effect
‘Trigger’ statute a result of Supreme Court ruling returning authority to states By The East Tennessee Catholic When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey on June 24, the regulation of abortion returned to states. More than a dozen states had passed “trigger laws” …
Assessing the impact
Parishioners react to Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade By The East Tennessee Catholic Catholic congregations and pro-life supporters throughout East Tennessee are rejoicing following a June 24 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reversed nearly 50 years of government-mandated abortions in every state. In an opinion agreed upon by …
Pro-Life Day on the Hill draws women from across state
Gov. Lee lauds grassroots advocates for their work and support of the unborn; update on legislative initiatives given By The East Tennessee Catholic Women from across Tennessee joined together March 22 in Nashville in a demonstration to state lawmakers and Gov. Bill Lee of their support for pro-life legislation and …
Marches for life attract supporters of all ages
Events in Chattanooga, Knoxville attract hundreds of supporters By Gabrielle Nolan Multiple March for Life events took place across the state of Tennessee as Jan. 22 commemorated the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade legalizing abortion throughout the United States. Knoxville and Chattanooga held marches for participants to walk through …
Tennessee poised for change, state pro-life leaders say
If Supreme Court overturns all or part of Roe v. Wade based on Dobbs case, legal infrastructure in place to protect life By Bill Brewer As U.S. Supreme Court justices weigh the pros and cons of legalized abortion and states’ efforts to regulate the federally protected practice, Tennessee pro-life leaders …
And Then There Were None speakers expose abortion industry practices
Women who worked in facilities were featured at Tennessee Right to Life annual banquet By Bill Brewer Guest speakers for the Tennessee Right to Life annual banquet gave rare glimpses into the inner workings of abortion facilities, describing what they said was their descent into the abortion industry and …
