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Women and Birthing Persons in Georgia Lose Basic Rights
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to lift the injunction against Georgia's 6-week abortion ban. This means that abortions in the state are banned after 6 weeks. The ban makes exceptions for medical emergencies, rape and incest, if a police report has been filed. The decision won’t go into effect until the court’s official mandate is issued, which is usually about 28 days after the decision.
Georgia’s 6-week ban is going into effect after the 11th Circuit Court ruled yesterday. The court ruled to allow the ban to take effect immediately, putting many pregnant people at risk before they even know that they are pregnant. It places essential healthcare out of the reach of many seeking care.
Across Georgia, many people who had access to abortion care yesterday are now faced with the logistical challenges of trying to get an abortion. The Supreme Court made it open season with the Dobbs v. Jackson decision by putting power in the hands of politicians to determine family planning for their constituents.
Forced pregnancy is a cruel and violent practice. As a state in the South, it is impossible to look at the ramifications this ban will have on Black people. This is a human rights violation and an egregious assault on our autonomy, our dignity and our self-determination.
Banning abortions will have disastrous effects on the lives of people. Abortion bans don’t stop abortions. They do increase surveillance and criminalization, make life more difficult low-income people, and trap people in abusive relationships. Providers are now going to be forced to turn away patients seeking care. This is going to have a devastating impact on those who are providing abortion care, especially for the patients who were seeking care from other states where abortion has been banned, and even those who have to travel from great distances while living in Georgia.
Unfortunately, politicians have turned reproductive justice into a voting matter rather than a human right. We have an opportunity to vote, and get these politicians out of their seats, that means those who believe that forced pregnancy is acceptable can be removed from their post.
We are in the middle of a public health crisis and we must join together to fight against all of the systems that oppress us: homophobia, queerphobia, sexism, racism, patriarchy, capitalism, and all systems of inequality. The six-week abortion ban is another layer of access restriction to people who are already up against institutionalized discrimination that they have to navigate just to survive.
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