The suit was backed by the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood Southeast. district court in northern Georgia Friday. “This is a constitutional challenge” to the law, the plaintiffs say in the lawsuit, which was filed in a U.S. Women in Georgia are required to wait 24 hours between requesting and obtaining an abortion in the state and minors are required to notify their parents.Abortion providers have filed a lawsuit seeking to block Georgia’s controversial new law that bans abortions when heartbeat activity is detectable, typically about six weeks into a pregnancy - before many women know they’re pregnant. Prior to Tuesday's legislation, Georgia politicians have already passed a host of anti-abortion access laws, according to the Guttmacher Institute. The letter also noted that if members were to boycott filming in Georgia, 'the cost would be most deeply felt by the residents of Georgia - including those who directly work in the film and television industry, and those who benefit from the many millions of dollars it pours into the local economy.'Īt an event in March, Kemp said the entertainment industry employs 200,000 Georgians and generated more than $60 billion of economic activity for the state. Milano wrote that if the bill passed, 'we cannot in good conscience continue to recommend our industry remain in Georgia.' A petition started by Alyssa Milano last month, who at the time was in Atlanta shooting for the Netflix show 'Insatiable,' was signed by more than 100 celebrities, including Amy Schumer, Alec Baldwin and Judd Apatow. Georgia's bill has been the target of intense scrutiny by Hollywood. For conservative lawmakers interested in overturning or eroding abortion access, this appellate path is the only way to substantively chip away at Roe v. States can then appeal the decision, and if they're denied again they can submit another appeal to the Supreme Court, which can choose whether or not they want to take the case, according to Nash. Many of those restrictions have been blocked by federal judges, the first step in a long legal battle to get the legislation in front of the U.S. And six-week abortion bans, like Georgia's, are up by 62 percent, according to the study. This year alone, state lawmakers have introduced more than 250 bills restricting abortion access, according to a study conducted by Planned Parenthood and Guttmacher last month. 'The surge in attempts to ban abortion in the earliest stages of pregnancy underscores that the end goal of anti-abortion politicians and activists is to ban all abortion - at any point during pregnancy and for any reason,' Nash said in an email to CBS News Monday. None of those laws have been successfully enacted, according to the reproductive health research organization the Guttmacher Institute.Įmboldened by the addition of conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, states have introduced and passed more anti-abortion access legislation than ever before, said Elizabeth Nash, a senior state issues manager at Guttmacher. At least 15 states have introduced similar legislation this year and the governors of Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio have signed theirs into law. So-called 'heartbeat bills' like Georgia's have become a popular tool among states looking to reduce abortion access. At the bill signing, Kemp recognized that the bill will likely be 'challenged in the court of law' but said Georgia will 'always continue to fight for life.'

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