The judge ruled the law violates Georgia's Constitution, finding that “liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning ... the power of a woman to control her own body.'
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his order that the law violates Georgia ’s Constitution, finding that “liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”
Georgia’s law was passed by state lawmakers and signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019 but it was initially blocked from taking effect until the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which had protected the right to an abortion for nearly 50 years.Kemp has in the past tried to soften its political impact by trying to focus on the health of mothers. Monday, he attacked the ruling.
Kwajelyn Jackson, executive director of Feminist Women’s Health Center, another Atlanta abortion provider, said they “will not be turning patients away based on the presence or absence of fetal cardiac activity, and so for as long as we are able, we’re hopeful that we’ll be able to care for patients who need services from us.”
The right to privacy in the Georgia Constitution includes the right to make personal healthcare decisions, he wrote.
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