Georgia Democratic governor candidate Stacey Abrams called for a legislative solution that would restore access to abortion nationwide after the Supreme Court ruling quashing Roe v. Wade, saying, “Allow any state to decide that the quality of your citizenship is wrong.
Georgia has its own restrictive abortion law that bans abortions when a “fetal heartbeat” can be detected after about six weeks of pregnancy. Unlike the states with so-called trigger laws that are designed to take effect as soon as such a Supreme Court ruling is issued, the Georgian law had already been passed and signed by Republican government Brian Kemp, but subsequently suspended by federal courts as unconstitutional.
But now that Supreme Court precedent has been overturned, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta is soon to pass the law.
“Women deserve physical autonomy, they deserve the right to make these choices,” Abrams told DailyExpertNews’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” adding, “In Georgia, in particular, this six-week ban will become law within days. of the country. That’s terrible, that’s terrible and it’s wrong. As the next governor, I’m going to do everything I can to reverse it.”
Abrams said President Biden must “do what is within the vision of the executive branch,” but emphasized the need for a “legislative solution that restores constitutional protections to women, no matter what state they live in.”
“I believe there should be a federal law that gives women these choices, reproductive choice and reproductive justice, and I think it should stop being a political football where the ideology of a state’s leader affects the quality of life for a woman. and her ability to make the choices she needs,” Abrams added.
Abrams advised companies to consider the healthcare challenges workers in Georgia will face once the six-week abortion ban goes into effect, noting that abortion restrictions are likely to tighten if Republican government Brian Kemp wins another term. .
“I would tell every company and every woman to do what’s best for the women who work for them. They need to make sure they can meet the very real health challenges facing the women of Georgia,” Abrams said.
She added that Georgia has refused to expand Medicaid and has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country, reiterating that citizens and businesses “must be very aware of the danger Brian Kemp poses to the lives and well-being of women in the United States.” this state.”
Abrams said Kemp has already shown his “ambiguity” regarding birth control, and that it is “very, very dangerous for women in Georgia right now,” as laws regulating access to birth control are expected to be the next step for nationals. Republicans.
