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marble falls

(56,029 posts)
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:07 PM May 2019

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 Georgia’s most populous counties say they won’t prosecute women who get abortions under the state’s “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 I’m 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 state’s 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

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Georgia District Attorneys Vow Not To Enforce 'Heartbeat' Abortion Bill (Original Post) marble falls May 2019 OP
Yeah the theocrats will take this well Va Lefty May 2019 #1
Here's where they get a practical lesson in separation between church and state ... marble falls May 2019 #2
K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2019 #3
Yes, but who will perform one in the state? Maggiemayhem May 2019 #4
Good point! BigmanPigman May 2019 #6
Hooray! These five counties make up about one-third of Georgia's population Glorfindel May 2019 #5
As if this statement holds any legal obligation. keithbvadu2 May 2019 #7
We've seen rural areas announce they won't enforce gun laws madville May 2019 #8

marble falls

(56,029 posts)
2. Here's where they get a practical lesson in separation between church and state ...
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:15 PM
May 2019

the state has the courts.

Glorfindel

(9,701 posts)
5. Hooray! These five counties make up about one-third of Georgia's population
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:49 PM
May 2019

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.

madville

(7,397 posts)
8. We've seen rural areas announce they won't enforce gun laws
Tue May 21, 2019, 08:20 PM
May 2019

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.

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