Georgia banned abortions from six weeks pregnant on Wednesday after an appeals court upheld a law that was blocked in 2019 and could now come into effect once the Supreme Court ruling is overturned USA.
The US Supreme Court overturned that decision. Rowe vs. Wade which for the first time recognized the right of women to abortion without restrictions during the first trimester of pregnancy, a legal precedent that has been used in the country since 1973.
In this sense Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision that blocked the definition of a person in the statute, allowing embryos and fetuses to be defined as “persons” under the law Georgiaaccording to the newspaper Wall Street Magazine.
The law prohibits most abortions after a “detectable human heartbeat” except in cases of medical emergencies, cases of rape and incest that have been reported to the police, and if the fetus is determined to be medically unviable.
Georgia thus joining the growing number of states that ban or restrict abortion in the North American country. Many laws have taken effect since the Supreme Court overturned the case last month. Rowe vs. Wadebringing the question of the legality of abortion back to the states.
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Court The 11th District emphasized that “it is clear that the right to abortion in Constitutionso that Georgia could ban them.”
The court suspended the injunction issued by the lower court, allowing its immediate enforcement.
Abortion rights groups described the measure as “very unorthodox” and assured they would continue to push for more access to abortion in Georgia.
“This brutal abortion ban will deprive our patients of the right to make decisions about their pregnancy, body and future,” Feminist Women’s Health Center Executive Director Kwajelyn J. Jackson said.
Governor of Georgia Brian Kemppointed out that the decision Court appeals” confirms our promise to protect life at all stages. Republican seeks re-election in November when he faces Democrat Stacy Abrams which called Georgia’s 2019 law draconian.
“When will I be elected as the next governor GeorgiaI will lead the fight to repeal this law and return women to power,” she said. Abrams.
Kemp he signed the bill at a time when several Tory-led states passed similar six-week abortion bans, dubbed “bills” by his supporters. At the time, the law faced opposition from actors, directors and screenwriters who are part of the state’s burgeoning film and television industry.
(As reported by Europe Press)
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