On Tuesday, Jan. 24, Georgia state legislators joined Amplify Georgia and announced new legislation that aims to restore and expand reproductive freedom in the state.
A coalition of Democratic Georgia lawmakers, reproductive healthcare providers and abortion rights advocates held a news conference to call for passage of the Reproductive Freedom Act, two days after what would have marked a significant milestone for Roe v. Wade.
ATLANTA — Though the road looks to be an uphill battle, Georgia lawmakers filed legislation Jan. 24 intended to repeal Georgia’s law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
number one priority legislatively when the new congress begins in january? well, one of the first bills i introduced is protecting reproductive freedom act. in over 20 states right now, there are attempts to rip away access to medication abortion. abortion medication, pardon me. this is happening across the country, we are already seeing the far right doubling down on this, trying to take away further reproductive rights and abortion rights. so, this is legislation i already introduced in the house and want to continue to push forward to make sure that every american has access to this health care and has reproductive freedom, a fundamental american freedom, that millions have risked their lives to protect, throughout our country s history. we have to continue that fight. we ll have to leave it there, congressman pat ryan, thank you for your time. appreciate it. still to come, russia launched