Georgia approves abortion ban if foetus has heartbeat

[Soph0571]

Amid growing controversy, the Republican governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, seems likely to sign a “heartbeat” abortion ban he supported and helped push through.

The Georgia house of representatives gave final approval on Friday to legislation outlawing abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, sending the bill to Kemp. If enacted, it would be among the strictest abortion bans in the US.

Signing the toughest abortion law in the country was a campaign pledge of Kemp’s during his run for governor last year.

“Georgia values life,” he said in a statement on Friday. “The legislature’s bold action reaffirms our priorities and who we are as a state.”

The measure was approved by just one vote more than the majority needed to pass out of the house: 92 votes from the 180-member chamber. Following the vote, law enforcement confronted several Democratic lawmakers and protesters speaking against the bill in the halls of the capitol, threatening to arrest people if a crowd didn’t disperse and stop chanting “shame”.

[link:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/30/georgia-state-congress-approves-abortion-ban-if-foetus-has-heartbeat|

They will never give up until the completely own women

[Freddie]

1. We are not human beings

Merely brood mares.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. This is what happens when WOMEN continue to vote for Republicans......

Keep voting AGAINST your best Economic and Social interests you dumb asses. For this is what happens.

[DFW]

3. This is also what happens when voter suppression is allowed unfettered

It is also what happens when the top election official in a state runs for governor. He controls the very system he is trying to use to get into office. No wonder he "won." He is counting on the Catholic majority on the Supreme Court to back him up. Only the occasional pangs of conscience/humanity on the part of John Roberts can save Georgia's women from this barbaric measure. It could happen, but it's a risky thing to bet the farm on.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Excellent point, DFW....

[scrutineer]

6. Nathan Bedford Kemp is a nasty piece of work.

For his crimes as Secretary of State he should have been running from the law rather than running for governor.

[DFW]

7. He was known for that before the election

No wonder he had so much work to do in order for the election to go his way.

[scrutineer]

9. The events at Kennesaw State University alone

would have been at a minimum a career ending scandal if we had an uncorrupted media.

Every single mention of his name should have included the words “under fire” with a synopsis of what occured.

[DFW]

11. One fine day

The complicity of much of our media in putting right wing sleaze into office will be recorded in detail as one of the darkest chapters in the history of the American press. "Remember the Maine" will seem like a token theft of a candy bar by comparison.

[UniteFightBack]

5. I really think all this clamp down crap is going to backfire spectacularly. Sorry but society is

getting looser not tighter. For fucks sake we had a 'naked dating' show on TV!

We need to do something about the men who IMPREGNATE then.

[Bettie]

8. I certainly hope so

but I also fear what the courts will do as McConnell approves more and more unqualified and extremely religious lifetime appointments.

[Celerity]

10. 'law enforcement confronted several Democratic lawmakers and protesters'