“It's just a very convoluted attempt to really just ban abortion outright.” Why an abortion clinic director says the fetal heartbeat bill would hurt women in Georgia.
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00:00We can't continue to allow these, sorry, white men, middle-aged men, to dictate what we are able to do with our bodies.
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00:24It really just eliminates access for the majority of people who choose to terminate a pregnancy.
00:30It's just a convoluted attempt to really just ban abortion outright.
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00:58What district of Georgia are you from?
01:00I work in Georgia.
01:02Do you vote in Georgia?
01:04No, but the people that work on my cruise, the 90,000 people that the entertainment industry actually employs, do.
01:12These are the men that are voting on what goes on inside my uterus.
01:16The film and television industry in Georgia is a powerful voice, and while many of them are not Georgia residents,
01:26because they live and work here for long swaths of time, Georgia laws impact them just as much.
01:32I would not say that their voices don't matter, or because they can't cast ballots, that their experiences are not real.
01:40I welcome as many disparate voices as are willing to sort of be in this with us.
01:45I just hope that folks like Alyssa and others will deeply connect with us.
01:51We really want to be able to talk with one voice as often as we can.
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02:02With the change in the composition of the Supreme Court, that there is a national interest from those who are opposed to abortion
02:10to elevate court cases at the state level to the Supreme Court in an effort to undermine the Roe versus Wade decision.
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02:23What we also know is that the bill states that the law would not take effect until January 2020.
02:30So we want to continue to reassure the people of Georgia that abortion is illegal, that they can continue to get care,
02:38that we are not making any immediate changes to any of the services that we provide.
02:43We've seen that many states that have had these past, that have been challenged in the courts, have been struck down.
02:49And so we're confident that this fight is not over and that we'll be able to protect access in Georgia.