‘There is nothing legally private about ending the life of an unborn child’
By Bridget Sielicki, Live Action News
On Monday, the Georgia Supreme Court temporarily reinstated the state’s law protecting preborn children from abortion upon detectable heartbeat while it considers the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling, which had overturned the law.
The Georgia Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act was signed by Governor Brian Kemp in 2019 but did not go into effect until the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022. The law protects preborn children from abortion after a detectable heartbeat, which usually occurs around six weeks.
On September 30, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney halted the LIFE Act on the basis that it was “unconstitutional,” saying that a ‘right to abortion’ is included within the state constitution’s “protections for liberty and privacy.” With the LIFE Act repealed, abortions were allowed to resume up to 22 weeks gestation.