Updated: The Georgia Supreme Court revived the state’s restrictive abortion law Wednesday, again banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, at least temporarily.
In its ruling, the high court put a lower court order that declared the ban unlawful on hold while the case is appealed, requiring abortion providers to again stop performing the procedure past six weeks into the pregnancy.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled on November 15 the six-week ban was unlawful because it was enacted in 2019, when abortion was still legal nationwide under Roe v. Wade.
Georgia’s ban took effect in July, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Abortion rights advocates and physicians sued to overturn the law in July after a federal appeals court allowed it to take effect, arguing that the law was unconstitutional.
Previous, July 20: A federal appeals court ruled today that Georgia’s restrictive...
In its ruling, the high court put a lower court order that declared the ban unlawful on hold while the case is appealed, requiring abortion providers to again stop performing the procedure past six weeks into the pregnancy.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled on November 15 the six-week ban was unlawful because it was enacted in 2019, when abortion was still legal nationwide under Roe v. Wade.
Georgia’s ban took effect in July, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Abortion rights advocates and physicians sued to overturn the law in July after a federal appeals court allowed it to take effect, arguing that the law was unconstitutional.
Previous, July 20: A federal appeals court ruled today that Georgia’s restrictive...
- 11/23/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
On May 7, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp delivered on his promise to sign the “Heartbeat Bill” (Hb 481), which outlaws most abortions once a doctor can detect a fetus’ heartbeat. Over 100 prominent names, mostly actors, warned the governor they would not shoot in Georgia, which has become a dominant production hub for film and TV, if Hb 481 became law.
Yet on Tuesday afternoon, there was near silence on social media from those who signed actress Alyssa Milano’s March 28 letter threatening that boycott. On Instagram and Twitter, pro-female voices in Hollywood were more likely posting about last night’s Met Gala or Jessica Chastain’s criticism of the portrayal of rape in “Game of Thrones,” than Georgia’s abortion rights.
Georgia previously faced boycott threats over its anti-Lgbtq legislation in 2016, when Hb 757 would have allowed faith-based organizations to deny services to Lgbtq individuals. Disney, Fox, Time Warner, Netflix and Sony publicly...
Yet on Tuesday afternoon, there was near silence on social media from those who signed actress Alyssa Milano’s March 28 letter threatening that boycott. On Instagram and Twitter, pro-female voices in Hollywood were more likely posting about last night’s Met Gala or Jessica Chastain’s criticism of the portrayal of rape in “Game of Thrones,” than Georgia’s abortion rights.
Georgia previously faced boycott threats over its anti-Lgbtq legislation in 2016, when Hb 757 would have allowed faith-based organizations to deny services to Lgbtq individuals. Disney, Fox, Time Warner, Netflix and Sony publicly...
- 5/8/2019
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
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