Tag: Abortion
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Reflecting on movies that tackle difficult abortion issues
Abortion has always been an inflammatory issue. More now than ever in these days of a conservative Supreme Court and their recent vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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In Georgia’s lesser-known companion case to Roe, the past may show abortion rights future
If the U.S. Supreme Court kills Roe v. Wade this year, so likely goes its lesser-known companion Doe v. Bolton, a Georgia case whose past may be the prologue of another generation’s abortion rights battles.
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Atlanta City Council backs abortion rights as Supreme Court deliberates
The Atlanta City Council has added its voice in support of abortion rights as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a demand from Mississippi that justices reverse “Roe v. Wade.”
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Georgia WIN List endorses candidates as issues include abortion, taxes
Georgia WIN List has unveiled a slate of Democratic female candidates for statewide office as issues including abortion access and tax cuts to state government emerge to energize Republican voters.
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Abortion: Supreme Court ruling to determine Georgia law, influence campaigns
Georgia has major interests at stake in the abortion lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court is to hear Wednesday. The verdict is to impact Georgia’s “heartbeat bill” and is likely to resonate through the state’s 2022 campaigns.
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Georgia in Supreme Court abortion case: Explicit call to overturn ‘Roe v. Wade’
Georgia is in the thick of the abortion access battle being waged at the Supreme Court, which now includes an explicit call for justices to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision.
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Georgia’s brief in Supreme Court abortion case takes on Black judge who rebuked Trump
Georgia’s friend-of-the-court brief in the abortion case the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear calls on justices to “condemn” language used by the Black federal judge in his 2018 ruling against the abortion law passed by Mississippi’s legislature.
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Court strikes down Georgia’s near-total abortion ban. Governor pledges appeal.
Abortion is still legal in Georgia for now.
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Abortion galvanized as 2020 campaign issue as Georgia’s WIN List unveils slate
Georgia’s WIN List announced Thursday its slate of 12 women who are running for the state Legislature – pro-abortion rights candidates who are expected to spark Democrats’ energy and turnout as Gov. Brian Kemp’s anti-abortion Republican pick for the U.S. Senate will be trying to retain her seat in 2020.
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Atlanta Council votes for Reproductive Justice Commission
Atlanta City Council passed a resolution that says access to sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion, is a human right.
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Farokhi calls for Atlanta Reproductive Justice Commission
Atlanta City Councilman Amir Farokhi wants the city to set up a three-year Reproductive Justice Commission, which, among other things, would aim to increase awareness around access to reproductive health care.
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Judge hits pause on plan to restrict abortion in Georgia
A federal judge in Atlanta says that there’s got to be a day in court for a law that would nearly close the door on abortion in Georgia.
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‘Heartbeat bill:’ Dem lawmakers plan strategy; petition seeks to delay start date
The pace of activity is increasing in the effort to halt the pending restriction of abortion in Georgia.
Six Democratic lawmakers have just returned from a training seminar sponsored by a group founded by the former political director of NARAL, a pro-choice group. On Tuesday, the ACLU asked a federal judge to delay the Jan. 1, 2020 start of the “heartbeat bill.”
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Litigation begins over Georgia’s near-total abortion ban
So far, federal courts in Kentucky and Mississippi have temporarily suspended similar new abortion restrictions while lawsuits play out.
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Atlanta Hawks owner Tony Ressler calls Georgia heartbeat bill political malpractice
Tony Ressler, the majority owner of the Atlanta Hawks, said Georgia’s passage of the anti-abortion “heartbeat bill” was “really bad business” for the state.
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Kemp appoints five to state board that oversees film industry; board appears in transition
Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday appointed five members to what appears to be a board in a state of transition at a time the department it oversees has been thrust into the spotlight to manage the fallout the state’s anti-abortion law will have on the film, television and commercial production industries.
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Female business owners struggle for equality as success stories prove the rule
As the nation braces for the Supreme Court to revisit the Roe v. Wade abortion rights precedent, the precarious financial situation of female business owners is highlighted in a new report from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.
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Georgia governor signs near-total abortion ban. Next stop, court.
And one more: Georgia joins the list of states where abortion will be a political talking point for the next election cycle or two.
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Georgia Capitol recap: Atlanta airport, rural transit bills fail to move, and more
In news of what the state Legislature didn’t approve this year, put: any takeover or oversight of Atlanta’s airport. Or a tax break for jet fuel. Or a boost to rural transit.
