Georgia's Republican governor on Tuesday is expected to sign a bill outlawi...
- Georgia’s Republican governor on Tuesday is expected to sign a bill outlawing abortion if a doctor can detect a fetal heartbeat, part of a concerted effort to restrict abortion rights in states across the country.
Anti-abortion campaigners have intensified their efforts since Donald Trump was elected president and appointed two conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, hopeful they can convince the right-leaning court to re-examine the landmark case Roe v. Wade that established a woman’s right to an abortion in 1973.
That has raised concerns among abortion-rights advocates about expanding “abortion deserts,” described as major cities that are at least 100 miles from an abortion provider.
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