Georgia District Attorneys Vow Not To Enforce 'Heartbeat' Abortion Bill
Source: huffpo
Georgia District Attorneys Vow Not To Enforce Heartbeat Abortion Bill
Prosecutors for five of Georgias most populous counties say they wont prosecute women who get abortions under the states heartbeat bill.
By Alanna Vagianos
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As a matter of law (as opposed to politics), this office will not be prosecuting any women under the new law as long as Im district attorney, Gwinnett County DA Danny Porter wrote in a statement to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Fulton, Gwinnett, Cobb, DeKalb and Henry County prosecutors told local outlets that they either will not or cannot enforce the law once it goes into effect Jan. 1.
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Similarly, a spokesperson for Fulton County DA Paul Howard said the district attorney has no intention of ever prosecuting a woman under this new law, he told NBC affiliate 11Alive. He also said Howard will not prosecute medical professionals for performing the procedure in Fulton County, which includes the states capital, Atlanta.
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This office will not prosecute any woman for decisions regarding her own personal health, nor any physician or other healthcare professional, under HB 481, he told 11Alive.
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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/georgia-district-attorneys-anti-abortion-law_n_5ce3ef17e4b0e69c18f1e28a
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)marble falls
(57,647 posts)the state has the courts.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Maggiemayhem
(811 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,675 posts)Glorfindel
(9,750 posts)of 10,520,000. I wouldn't be surprised to see DA's from other populous counties make similar decisions.
Maybe Georgia isn't totally down the sewer after all.
keithbvadu2
(37,066 posts)madville
(7,413 posts)Might as well pick and choose what suites us in the areas Democrats control. We've also seen it with sheriffs and DAs not enforcing marijuana laws still on the state books so there is precedent to just look the other way.
I doubt you are going to find a medical professional willing to risk their license over it though.