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Reproductive Rights

44 years of Roe v. Wade, 44 years of legal abortion

The historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision turned 44 on Sunday, January 22nd. This decision legalized people’s access to abortion, so to celebrate, I thought I’d simply share people’s stories of getting an abortion. One in three women will get an abortion in their lifetime, and, as Oriaku Njoku of Access Reproductive Care – Southeast shared with Better Georgia earlier this month, people seeking an abortion are incredibly diverse. The people who support access

Healthcare

Reproductive Justice

The pro-choice movement has left some folks out in the cold, leading many abortion advocates to lean into a different model: reproductive justice. Abortion access isn’t just an individual choice — to keep or terminate a pregnancy — but part of a spectrum of care, rights and resources all people should have access to. Women and other people unequivocally need access to abortion care. But reproductive justice asks for more. It’s a model that demands access to

Elections

Funding anti-abortion centers in Ga. Where does your legislator stand?

*Correction: an earlier version of this article linked to the Georgia NAACP’s opposition to Amendment 2, the Safe Harbor Amendment. The Georgia NAACP has since reversed their position, and now supports the amendment. The article has been updated to reflect this. In this state, it’s easier to find work-arounds to fund an anti-abortion agenda than to fund programs supporting survivors of child sex trafficking (or to fully fund education, for that matter). What legislators have

Healthcare

Misogyny of Trump, other leaders, have policy implications for Ga. women

Donald Trump is in the news (no surprise there) for his recent super creepy, very sexual comments about women. Since then, multiple women have stepped forward with allegations of facing exactly the kinds of behaviors he boasts of in the video — groping, forcibly kissing and other unwanted sexual contact. But his gross misogyny and disregard for women extends beyond his personal behavior and into important policy realms. Late last month, Trump announced his anti-abortion

Podcast Ep. 04: SCOTUS Ruling and Medicaid

On today’s episode, Adrienne and Louis discuss the latest big Supreme Court ruling about women’s reproductive rights. Including an interview with State Representative Park Cannon, we’re talking about the impact of the ruling across southern states and what changes this might mean for the state of Georgia. Along that same theme of healthcare, we’re also talking about Medicaid. Senator Renee Unterman, who in the past has said she was against Medicaid expansion, has changed her

Reproductive Rights

The huge change to Ga. abortion law that no one knew about

Back in 2012, Georgia passed a law banning abortions after 20 weeks. This law faced an injunction, and never went into effect, until last October. Except the obstetricians suing — and the agency tasked with enforcing the law — apparently didn’t know the lawsuit had been dismissed. Oops. The 20 week ban is based on junk science that fetuses feel pain. Previously, abortions in Georgia could be performed up to 24 weeks. Accessing abortion care