A bill aimed at restricting mail-order abortion pills passed the Georgia Senate this year, but stalled in the House. President Joe Biden has pledged to protect access to abortion medications, and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said on Tuesday that access to the pills will be a priority for HHS.
The streets of downtown Atlanta echoed with the now-familiar sounds of protest chants Tuesday as hundreds marched to demonstrate after a leaked draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion which, if given final approval, would severely limit abortion access in the majority of states, including Georgia.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hold a hearing on Georgia’s HB 241 Sept. 24. Known as the Living Infants Fairness Equality (LIFE) Act, it also sought to prevent abortions beyond six weeks except in special situations.
On its second national reproductive health scorecard , Atlanta received a ranking of two out of five stars. The report card was released Monday by the...
A federal judge on Tuesday said that Georgia's abortion law cannot take effect while a larger legal challenge is pending. The Living Infants Fairness...
Georgia's new state law that effectively bans abortions around six weeks into pregnancy made its first appearance in federal court Monday. The American...
A new lawsuit claims Georgia's abortion law, set to take effect Jan. 1, 2020, violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The 36-page suit,...
A coalition of groups in opposition to the state's tighter abortion law have filed a motion to block it from taking effect. The American Civil Liberties...
Marshae Jones, an Alabama woman charged with manslaughter for allegedly starting a fight that led to her getting shot and having a miscarriage, will not...
An agriculture professor at the University of Georgia, James L. Carmon, talked his school into buying the costliest computer in existence in 1964 -- and...
On this edition of Political Rewind, the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia has filed a lawsuit asking the federal court to block implementation...
The state of Georgia — and the country — is divided over so-called "heartbeat" bills and other new state laws restricting abortion. Many are confused...