Steve Aden, chief legal officer at Americans United for Life, confirmed this to Catholic News Service in a phone interview late April 1, saying “the health exception … invokes the precedent in Doe v. The New York law is deemed by many legal experts to be one of the most permissive abortion laws in history because the “health” exception can be stretched to endorse an abortion at almost any point during a pregnancy. That clause makes the bill significantly more airtight than abortion laws that sanction the procedure for the sake of a woman’s “life or health,” the most recent example of the latter being New York’s Reproductive Health Act. “Medical emergency,” for the purposes of the bill, is defined as “a condition in which an abortion is necessary in order to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or the … irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.” Other special cases where abortions would be permitted are when “the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest in which an official police report has been filed” alleging such an occurrence, and when “(a) physician determines, in reasonable medical judgment, that a medical emergency exists.” The bill, as the name suggests, prohibits abortions past the point that a fetal heartbeat is detectable in the womb, which in most cases occurs around six weeks of pregnancy.Ī notable exception includes when a pregnancy is “medically futile,” which is when “an unborn child has a profound and irremediable congenital or chromosomal anomaly that is incompatible with sustaining life after birth.” Ostensibly then, genetic conditions such as Down syndrome where an unborn child can still survive outside the womb are not legitimate grounds for abortions under the bill. Brian Kemp, who has repeatedly expressed his dedication to the bill and the pro-life cause generally, relating in a tweet the same day of passage that “Georgia values life …The legislature’s bold action reaffirms our priorities and who we are as a state.” The bill is now bound for the desk of Republican Gov. Aultman remarked that “we have convinced young women that an unplanned pregnancy is the worst thing that can happen to them and their right to reproductive freedom is more important than their baby’s right to live.”
Kathi Aultman, a former abortion practitioner who now does research for the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute. Melissa Kottke, to the Georgia House against the bill: “It’s extremely dangerous for lawmakers to presume that they’re better equipped than women and their health care providers to judge what is appropriate medical care.” The Associated Press reported the rebuke by Georgia OB-GYN, Dr. The moments leading up to the vote were tense, with expert witnesses on both sides of the argument exchanging fire. 481, entitled the “Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act.” The House, which has remained under Republican control since 2010, got the bill through on a 92-78 vote. The Georgia House of Representatives March 29 passed H.B. WASHINGTON (CNS) - Georgia has just added itself to the list of states that aim to protect unborn life once a fetal heartbeat is detected.
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