Amid Litigation, ACLU to Debut Video Series of Doctors Addressing Abortion Bans
"Since the Georgia legislature passed the abortion ban, we have received questions about what it means for women's healthcare," ACLU of Georgia Executive Director Andrea Young said. "We went to the experts—American physicians who provide healthcare for women."
October 14, 2019 at 03:18 PM
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The movement in numerous states, including Georgia, to restrict abortion access is the subject of an original short video series on women's health being launched Wednesday by a key member of the opposition.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia has created a video series on the impact that an abortion ban would have on women's health care. The series is titled: "Stop. The. Bans. American Physicians Speak Out."
The series includes 19 physicians from around the country representing different specialties: obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, psychiatry, psychology, internal medicine, maternal fetal medicine, and oncology, ACLU Georgia said in a news release. The group plans to showcase five videos, each of which are less than a minute and a half in duration, during a press briefing Tuesday morning at the organization's Atlanta office.
ACLU of Georgia executive director Andrea Young and political director Christopher Bruce will take questions, along with physicians featured in some of the videos.
"Since the Georgia legislature passed the abortion ban, we have received questions about what it means for women's healthcare," Young said. "We went to the experts—American physicians who provide healthcare for women—and asked them what an abortion ban would mean for their practice."
The videos will go public on social media one at a time starting at noon Tuesday. The videos are subtitled in Spanish.
A lawsuit against the state and other defendants is ongoing. A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new Georgia law against abortion while the constitutional challenge is pending. Judge Steve Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued a preliminary injunction Oct. 1 against House Bill 481, which outlaws abortion upon detection of an embryonic pulse. The statute says it could apply as early as six weeks into pregnancy and carries an effective date of Jan. 1, 2020.
The federal judge's order drew condemnation from the Family Policy Alliance, the public policy arm of the conservative religious group Focus on the Family. The group has backed similar laws around the country, calling them "heartbeat" bills. Half a dozen others have passed and been blocked by federal courts. Another new law this year—in Alabama—that bans all abortions outright with no exceptions has also been blocked. Supporters of the bans around the country have expressed the hope that one of them will make its way to the Supreme Court to challenge Roe v. Wade.
Meanwhile, Candice L. Broce, counsel to Gov. Brian Kemp, said, "We remain confident in our position."
The case is SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective v. Brian Kemp, Civil Action No.: 1:19-cv-02973-SCJ.
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