Georgia is one of a series of Republican-controlled states to pass a restrictive abortion law in recent months, and now it’s one of a series of Republican-controlled states to be taken to court over its restrictive abortion law. The ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the Center for Reproductive Rights are suing to block the law, which bans abortions at about six weeks, after fetal pole cardiac activity is detected.
“This legislation is blatantly unconstitutional under nearly 50 years of U.S. Supreme Court precedent. Politicians should never second guess women’s health care decisions,” ACLU of Georgia legal director Sean Young said in a statement. Monica Simpson, the executive director of SisterSong, one of the Georgia reproductive rights groups involved in the lawsuit, said that SisterSong is “bringing this lawsuit to protect maternal health and reproductive rights so that every person—especially persons of color—can thrive in their families and communities as well as maintain their human right to make their own decisions about their reproductive lives.”
The end goal of laws like Georgia’s (and Alabama’s, and Missouri’s, and Louisiana’s … ) is to get the Trump Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.