Georgia State Supreme Court Allows Pro-life Heartbeat Law to Stand

Chris Queen : Oct 24, 2023
PJ Media

"The Georgia Supreme Court just threw out an absurd argument against our state's LIFE act, and so GEORGIA's HEARTBEAT LAW REMAINS IN EFFECT!" -Frontline Policy

[PJMedia.com] It's an encouraging day for supporters of life in the Peach State. The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that the state's fetal heartbeat law, known as the LIFE Act, is legal, which means that it will stay on the books. (Image: Unsplash-Maria Oswalt)

"That means most abortions will continue to be banned once a doctor can detect fetal cardiac activity, typically around six weeks of pregnancy and before many know they are pregnant, while the Fulton County Superior Court considers other arguments made by abortion advocates and providers about why the restrictions should be lifted," reports WSB Radio.

Pro-abortion groups brought a challenge to the courts that the law was unconstitutional when the General Assembly and Republican Gov. Brian Kemp passed the law in 2019.

WSB reports that "abortion rights groups and providers argued that when the state statute passed in 2019, Roe v. Wade was the law of the land and the state constitution does not allow the Legislature to enact statutes that violate the law."

However, the court ruled that the constitutionality of the law four years ago has no bearing on its validity in a post-Dobbs Georgia.

"The state argued that it didn't matter if the law was not constitutional when it passed the General Assembly in 2019, it is now in line with the law as established when the US Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that the 1973 decision had been wrong all along," WSB points out... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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