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Reactions to Georgia Supreme Court's ruling on abortion ban

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Published  October 24, 2023 11:25am EDT
Georgia
FOX 5 Atlanta

Reaction to Supreme Court ruling

Politicians and organizations are reacting to this morning's ruling by the Georgia Supreme Court on a lawsuit related to Georgia's abortion ban.

ATLANTA - The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a lower court ruling that the state's restrictive abortion law was invalid, leaving limited access to abortions unchanged for now.

Several reactions to that ruling have been released or posted on social media:

Gov. Brian Kemp released the following statement:

"I applaud Justice Colvin and the Georgia Supreme Court for ruling today that our written Constitution controls over judge-made law. Today’s victory represents one more step towards ending this litigation and ensuring the lives of Georgians at all ages are protected."

SisterSong, which is the organization that filed the challenge, had this to say:

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff issued the following statement:

 "The State of Georgia’s six-week abortion ban — one of the most extreme in the nation — strips women of autonomy in the most personal health decisions.

 "More than half of Georgia counties have no OB/GYN, and we have one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the country.

 "Georgia’s extreme abortion ban risks worsening our state’s women’s health crisis.

 "I again call on Georgia’s state legislature and the Governor to repeal this extreme abortion ban."

National Right to Life sent the following statement:

"We are forever thankful for the political will shown by Georgia’s pro-life elected officials including Governor Brian Kemp, Senator Ed Setzler, Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson, and Senator Renee Unterman (ret.) who all fought for the LIFE Act’s passage in 2019," stated Claire Bartlett, executive director of Georgia Life Alliance.

Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05), vice-chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and a member of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus said:

"Today’s decision to allow the extreme Republican abortion ban to stand harms Georgians, but it isn’t the last word. I am fighting in Congress every day to protect our reproductive freedom because abortion is essential healthcare. It is time to ensure abortion access is codified into federal law and affordable for all–no matter their ZIP Code, no matter their bank account."