Metro Atlanta economy and reputation again at risk with new culture war battles (Religious Liberty, Abortion, etc) (2015, pricing)

[midgeorgiaman]

Originally Posted by Otakumaster

According to this law women who leave the state to have an abortion where it’s legal would be charged with conspiracy to murder when they came back. Women are basically slaves in this state now.

That is unenforceable unless a state allowing abortion has a law mandating reporting which would never happen. This is a measure aimed directly at poor women since women with means can leave the state, region, or even nation.

The Republicans are betting it will get tied up in court so it doesn't actually happen but they can preach to the evangelical base that those liberal judges are fighting the will of the people and you must keep electing us to replace them. Now, if for some reason it actually did become enforceable law....all heck would break loose and the GOP would get punished.

[Otakumaster]

What are the chances this is constitutional?

Any lawyers out there?

[wasel]

Originally Posted by Mr.Retired

The nation’s strictest abortion law, making it a felony
to receive an abortion, with no exception for rape or
incest is a triumph for the unborn of this great nation.

There is exception for rape/incest. A police report needs to be filed.

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by wasel

There is exception for rape/incest. A police report needs to be filed.

What could possibly go wrong.

Where are the conservative men lining up to go get vasectomies? I thought that it took two to reproduce.

[Born 2 Roll]

The list of Hollywood actresses who are talking of boycotting Georgia in the aftermath of Kemp's signing of the 'Heartbeat bill' into law appears to be growing.

From CBS Los Angeles:

HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA) — A new restrictive law passed in Georgia meant to limit women seeking abortions has Hollywood actresses saying the B word — as in “boycott.”

CBS2/KCAL9 reporter Jeff Nguyen attended the Race to Erase MS event Friday evening at the Beverly Hilton. The abortion law had everyone on the red carpet talking. He said “reaction was strong.”

"New Abortion Law Has Hollywood Actresses With Georgia — And Boycotts — On Their Minds" (CBS Los Angeles)

[WouldLoveTo]

Originally Posted by wasel

There is exception for rape/incest. A police report needs to be filed.

Because everyone believes the 13 year old that says mommy's new boyfriend or Uncle Billy did it.

(I'm not saying that's what you believe)

[radvan]

Have there been any published estimates of the legal costs that the state taxpayers will be forking over to defend this law?

Clearly the bill is intended to be struck down and appealed several times until it reaches the Supreme Court which I am sure doesn't come cheap.

I rather suspect the money could be better spent on, for example, oh I don't know, maybe improving women's health care, rather than feeding the egos of some lawmakers and boosting their status as Brave Hero's of the Republican Party.

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by radvan

Have there been any published estimates of the legal costs that the state taxpayers will be forking over to defend this law?

Clearly the bill is intended to be struck down and appealed several times until it reaches the Supreme Court which I am sure doesn't come cheap.

I rather suspect the money could be better spent on, for example, oh I don't know, maybe improving women's health care, rather than feeding the egos of some lawmakers and boosting their status as Brave Hero's of the Republican Party.

Or building new stadiums.

[citidata18]

Originally Posted by radvan

Have there been any published estimates of the legal costs that the state taxpayers will be forking over to defend this law?

Clearly the bill is intended to be struck down and appealed several times until it reaches the Supreme Court which I am sure doesn't come cheap.

I rather suspect the money could be better spent on, for example, oh I don't know, maybe improving women's health care, rather than feeding the egos of some lawmakers and boosting their status as Brave Hero's of the Republican Party.

Or better yet, on transit.

[Born 2 Roll]

Originally Posted by radvan

Have there been any published estimates of the legal costs that the state taxpayers will be forking over to defend this law?

Clearly the bill is intended to be struck down and appealed several times until it reaches the Supreme Court which I am sure doesn't come cheap.

I rather suspect the money could be better spent on, for example, oh I don't know, maybe improving women's health care, rather than feeding the egos of some lawmakers and boosting their status as Brave Hero's of the Republican Party.

Originally Posted by citidata18

Or better yet, on transit.

Or seriously on women's health care and health care in general.

The people pushing this punitive six-week abortion ban say that they are doing so because they care so much about life, yet they do not seem to be bothered by the statistics that Georgia reportedly has the highest maternal mortality rate in the entire nation.

It seems that getting the shockingly high rates of women who die during childbirth lowered would be (and should be) much more of a priority than yet more grandstanding and demagoguing on the issue of abortion.

But grandstanding and demagoguing on the issue of abortion probably is much easier and much more convenient, isn't it?

Grandstanding and demagoguing on the issue of abortion while seemingly just completely ignoring other pressing public health issues (like the high rate of unplanned pregnancies, the shockingly high maternal mortality rate, the high rates of STD infections in the state, the high rates of Georgians with no health insurance and inadequate health insurance, etc.) also sends a clear signal and a clear message about where the priorities of this state's leadership lies.