Nashville, Tenn., Dec 19, 2019 / 15:28 pm
Pro-life advocates warned against efforts to expand abortion after backers of abortion provider Carafem filed a legal challenge against a Nashville suburb's zoning regulations that limit surgical abortion clinics.
"Wilson County Right to Life is deeply saddened by the fact that Carafem is not only performing medical abortion, but is working toward expanding its abortion services to include surgical abortions in our community through this suit," Trecia Dillingham, president of Wilson County Right to Life, said Dec. 19. "We regret that we now share the label of abortion destination along with four other Tennessee communities."
The abortion provider Carafem opened in Mt. Juliet March 1. It said it would initially offer birth control and medical abortions up to 10 weeks into pregnancy. Carafem said it planned to offer surgical abortions in the future, The Tennessean reports.
Carafem's website bears the motto "Abortion. Yeah, we do that." It has three other clinics in the U.S., in Atlanta, the Chicago metro area, and the D.C. metro area.