Georgia governor signs 'heartbeat bill,' giving the state one of the most restrictive abortion laws

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Source: Washington Post

Health & Science
Georgia governor signs 'heartbeat bill,' giving the state one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation

By Emily Wax-Thibodeaux
May 7 at 10:38 AM

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a controversial "heartbeat" bill into law on Tuesday, outlawing most abortions once a doctor detects what some call "a fetal heartbeat in the womb," usually about six weeks into a pregnancy. ... His signature could launch a court battle that supporters hope will challenge abortion rights all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The bill was signed at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the governor's ceremonial office at the state Capitol. ... Kemp said he upholds his promise to enact the "toughest abortion bill in the country."
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The bill has been called draconian by Democrats, medical lobbies and civil rights organizations along with women's rights leaders and celebrities who have opposed the measure, and protested the bill for months.

"The Handmaid Coalition of Georgia," marched to the statehouse to protest the legislation, chanting "shame" and "dissent" while clad in the red cloaks and white bonnets of characters in "The Handmaid's Tale," a book and TV series that depicts a dystopian future where women are enslaved to rear children. The protesters have been an almost daily presence, along with heavy security.

The #ReclaimGeorgia campaign by NARAL Pro-Choice Georgia and Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates aims to spend six figures to mobilize activists and "put unprecedented pressure" on supporters of the measure ahead of next year's election.
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Emily Wax-Thibodeaux is a National staff writer who covers national news, with a focus on gender issues and social movements for the America desk. She is an award-winning former foreign correspondent who covered Africa and India for nearly a decade. Follow https://twitter.com/emily_wax

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/georgia-governor-signs-heartbeat-bill-giving-the-state-one-of-the-most-restrictive-abortion-laws-in-the-nation/2019/05/07/d53b2f8a-70cf-11e9-8be0-ca575670e91c_story.html

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Local:

https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/kemp-signs-anti-abortion-heartbeat-legislation-sets-legal-fight/XPcrtRcYypWRdF1pATTyiP/

Kemp signs anti-abortion 'heartbeat' legislation, sets up legal fight

AJC Continuing Coverage: Abortion 45 minutes ago
By Maya T. Prabhu, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Gov. Brian Kemp signed one of the strictest abortion laws in the country Tuesday, setting Georgia up for what is likely to be a lengthy -- and costly -- court battle.

More than a month after the Georgia General Assembly approved the legislation, Kemp, in a Capitol ceremony, signed House Bill 481, outlawing most abortions once a doctor can detect a fetus' heartbeat -- usually around six weeks of pregnancy and before most women know they're pregnant.

In signing the bill, Kemp made good on promise made during his 2018 campaign to sign the strictest abortion laws in the country.
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The law is scheduled to go into effect in January unless it is blocked by the courts. The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia has vowed to sue the state over the new law.

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BREAKING: Gov. Kemp signed one of the strictest abortion laws in the country, setting Georgia up for what is likely to be a lengthy, and costly, legal battle: https://on-ajc.com/2H7aJnI

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[notdarkyet]

1. Time for women to move out of Georgia.

[llmart]

2. Looks like he dug up some post menopausal women to look on.

This is why they had to steal the election, so they could push through their agenda of keeping women barefoot and pregnant.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. This was from the live feed before the signing. One POC, all the rest pasty Repube fuckers

[bluestarone]

3. Seems like every fucking day

They gotta do something to hurt people!

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Too bad we can't boycott the state and drive the legal costs up until

Georgia is bankrupt.

[demmiblue]

6. K&R

[heckles65]

7. The idea that a heartbeat makes a human being

is pure sentimentalist twaddle. A fetus at that time cannot think, feel pain, or be aware. That's at least three months down the road.

[OnlinePoker]

8. I just read this heartbreaking post on Reddit in the Atheism sub-reddit about this

How Georgia's "Heart Beat" Abortion Law Would Kill My Two Children

My wife is pregnant with triplets. We are now in the unenviable position that we need to terminate one to save the other two. I don't have a moral qualm about abortion, but when it is a wanted pregnancy it's hard. It's been really hard. As someone faced with deciding to terminate a pregnancy, all I can say is Republican stupidity is only outweighed by its callousness. Their ill conceived "protection of life" would have doomed all my children to death. GET YOUR STUPID, IGNORANT DEATH CULT OUT OF MY FAMILY'S DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

​Also to all you conservative assholes who passed laws banning tax payer money supporting abortions. We get our insurance through a Federal Employee program. We make less money than we would in the private sector providing a public service. The fact we now have to pay out of pocket, with no insurance coverage, to SAVE OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES... And you want to take call us murders after already taking away a life saving medical treatment. FUCKKKK YOUUUUU. You are the murders. You are the murders.

https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/bmgukd/how_georgias_heart_beat_abortion_law_would_kill/