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Re: Georgia Supreme Court halts ruling striking down state's near-ban on abortions as the state appeals  

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This Georgia judge has a BIG problem ... there is nothing in the Georgia or U.S. Constitutions that addresses abortion at all ... therefore, there is nothing unconstitutional about properly constituted legislation outlawing abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy. Torturing the word "liberty" to somehow infer abortion rights is simply childish overreach. If the citizens of Georgia want to enshrine abortion rights, they can do so the old fashioned way ... win at the ballot box and go through the proper legislative process. But, Democrats don't want to use democratic processes to get what they want - Democrats want to use autocracy to fulfill their wants, immediately (i.e., instant gratification). Or, if they are not willing to go through the proper channels for political change ... which, they aren't ... then, they need to travel to a Democrat-controlled state that worships infanticide. That's the beauty of our form of Federalism ... each state has the right to handle most issues in their own unique way. As an American, if you don't like the way your state handles issues that are important to you, then either work through proper channels to change the laws where you are or move to another state where they think like you do. 




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Georgia Supreme Court halts ruling striking down state’s near-ban on abortions as the state appeals
By: De_Composed in 6TH POPE
Mon, 07 Oct 24 10:39 PM 		Msg. 59141 of 60008

October 7, 2024

Georgia Supreme Court halts ruling striking down state’s near-ban on abortions as the state appeals

The high court’s order came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibits abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy.

by Associated Press
Politico.com

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while it considers the state’s appeal.

The high court’s order came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibits abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy, often before women realize they’re pregnant. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Sept. 30 that privacy rights under Georgia’s state constitution include the right to make personal healthcare decisions.

It was one of a wave of restrictive abortion laws passed in Republican-controlled states after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and ended a national right to abortion. It prohibited most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” was present. At around six weeks into a pregnancy, cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound in an embryo’s cells that will eventually become the heart.

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed it in 2019, but it didn’t take effect until Roe v. Wade fell.

McBurney wrote in his ruling 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.”

“When a fetus growing inside a woman reaches viability, when society can assume care and responsibility for that separate life, then — and only then — may society intervene,” McBurney wrote.

The judge’s decision rolled back abortion limits in Georgia to a prior law allowing abortions until viability, roughly 22 to 24 weeks into a pregnancy.

“Once again, the will of Georgians and their representatives has been overruled by the personal beliefs of one judge,” Kemp said in a statement in response to McBurney’s decision. “Protecting the lives of the most vulnerable among us is one of our most sacred responsibilities, and Georgia will continue to be a place where we fight for the lives of the unborn.”

Abortion providers and advocates in Georgia had applauded McBurney’s ruling, but expressed concern that it would soon be overturned.

http://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/07/georgia-supreme-court-abortion-ban-00182720

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