Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill ensuring Tennesseans' access to birth control and fertility treatments despite opposition from 11 Republican lawmakers.

Partial funding of Title X family planning services has raised concerns, with an Iowa clinic receiving less than half its previous funding.

Two conservative groups and 11 Republican lawmakers urged the governor to veto the bill. He signed it April 24.

Eleven House Republicans wrote Gov. Lee a letter urging him to veto the bill, arguing it could "authorize the slaughter of ...