AG Carr Declines Senator's Request for Legal Opinion on Abortion Legislation
“Because of the possibility of substantial legal fees associated with litigation surrounding the likely protracted defense of H.B. 481, it is important to understand your legal position as the chief legal officer of the State of Georgia,” Sen. Jen Jordan, D-Atlanta, said in a letter to Attorney General Chris Carr.
April 29, 2019 at 12:47 PM
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With a challenge waiting to be filed in federal court, state Sen. Jen Jordan, D-Atlanta, asked Attorney General Chris Carr for a legal opinion on the abortion ban bill that now awaits Gov. Brian Kemp's signature. But she won't be getting it.
“Because of the possibility of substantial legal fees associated with litigation surrounding the likely protracted defense of H.B. 481, it is important to understand your legal position as the chief legal officer of the State of Georgia,” Jordan said in a letter to Carr dated April 23.
Jordan, a partner at Shamp Jordan Woodward in Atlanta, has made her own legal opinion known.
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