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Reproductive rights advocates vowed to fight in court against Georgia 's new six-week abortion ban--signed into law Tuesday by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp--while warning that the measure's greater purpose is to challenge the constitutionally protected right to abortion on a national scale. 'What we need to understand is that this is actually something that's happening in state after state with a very specific purpose of overturning Roe v. Wade,' Democratic state Sen.
' Georgia's new law 'is so extreme that it criminalizes doctors who provide life-saving care, and it even allows the state to investigate women for having miscarriages,' said Dr. Leana Wen, Planned Parenthood's CEO and president. 'We will fight this bill,' she promised. 'This is about patients' lives.' 'Today's women can only thrive in a state that protects their most basic rights--the right to choose when and whether to start or expand a family.
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