Two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, leaders on both sides say the work isn't done

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Pro-Abortion advocates acknowledge the anniversary of the Dobbs decision.

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Monday marks two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Leaders on both sides of the issue are acknowledging the anniversary.

The Dobbs decision allowed states to create their own laws around abortion, meaning Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, passed earlier, was able to go into effect a few months later.

Kwajelyn Jackson, the Executive Director of the Feminist Women’s Health Center in Atlanta said since then the facility often has to deny abortion procedures to patients.

“No matter how many times we have to go through it, it never gets less heartbreaking to turn someone away from care that they so desperately want and need,” she said. 

Meanwhile Claire Bartlett, the executive director of the anti-abortion organization Georgia Life Alliance is celebrating the anniversary.

“We still feel like we have a lot of work cut out for us, and we will continue down the path of educating folks on when life begins,” she said. 

Georgia lawmakers have not indicated whether they will push to further restrict abortion access in the state.