Isadora Lilly- Georgia’s “Fetal Heartbeat” Bill

This past Friday, lawmakers sent the “fetal heartbeat” abortion bill to Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who had previously agreed to sign it. The bill would legally reduce the time frame to undergo abortion from 20 weeks to only six weeks, making abortion illegal after the first signs of heartbeat are usually detectable within the womb. Critics have vowed to fight the bill, despite the backer of the bill, state Rep. Ed Setzler, having claimed that the bill is “scientifically, legally, and practically sound”, as well as that it “strikes the balance between protecting the rights of mothers and their unborn children”.

This reminds me of the 1973 Supreme Court Case, Roe v. Wade, which ruled that criminalizing abortion was unconstitutional. Today the question of whether or whether not a woman should have the decision to abortion is highly controversial, and the Roe v. Wade case seems to have been overturned as the number of states passing similar six-week abortion bans rise, as North Dakota, Iowa, Kentucky, and Mississippi have already passed their own, with Tennessee, South Carolina, Ohio, Florida, and Georgia considering the same.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/29/georgias-restrictive-fetal-heartbeat-abortion-bill-goes-governor/3315522002/