Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Georgia Supreme Court Decision Upholding Abortion Ban
Posted on AllSides October 24th, 2023
From The Left
Today, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld a devastating abortion ban that has stripped away the reproductive freedom of millions of women in Georgia and threatened physicians with jail time for providing care. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, we’ve seen the dangerous impact bans like this have had on women across the country. Women have been denied the medical care they desperately need to preserve their health, including being turned away from emergency rooms, forced to travel hundreds of miles for care, and faced complications that make it more...