An Update on Birth Control Access in Tennessee
Earlier this year, the Tennessee Department of Health lost its Title X funding, over $7 million in Federal funds to provide family planning services throughout the state health department locations. The state legislature replaced those Federal funds with state funds. However, because of the funding shift and Tennessee’s Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act, passed in 2012, the health department locations across Tennessee will no longer be able to provide family planning services to anyone unable to provide documentation of their citizenship or immigration status.
