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Reproductive Freedom for All Georgia Celebrates Fulton County Superior Court Decision Striking Down Abortion Ban
For Immediate Release: Monday, September 30, 2024
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Reproductive Freedom for All Georgia Celebrates Fulton County Superior Court Decision Striking Down Abortion Ban
Atlanta, GA — Today, a Georgia judge on the Superior Court of Fulton County overturned the state’s extreme six-week ban on abortion, ruling it unconstitutional.
That ban is one of the most extreme and dangerous in the country, and anti-abortion Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has made himself a clear and prevalent threat to reproductive rights in the state. Just weeks ago, ProPublica reported on the devastating and preventable deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller, two women who lost their lives because of Georgia’s deadly six-week ban.
Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju released the following statement:
“This decision is a crucial victory for reproductive freedom. Georgia’s ban is one of the most extreme in the country, and it caused the senseless and preventable deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller. While we are happy to see this ban blocked, our work isn’t over. It’s essential that we elect Kamala Harris to restore federal protections for abortion nationwide so that bans like Georgia’s never have the chance to harm our communities again.”
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For over 50 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) has fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom at the federal and state levels—including access to abortion care, birth control, pregnancy and post-partum care, and paid family leave—for everybody. Reproductive Freedom for All is powered by its more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.