Cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo as early as six weeks into pregnancy.Ĭarr quickly asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to let that measure take effect once Roe was overturned. The law bans most Georgia abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. Jordan won attention in 2019 for an impassioned speech against the anti-abortion bill that finally took effect this July after the U.S. But for the attorney general or a district attorney to say, ‘I disagree with the law, so I won’t enforce it,’ is a dereliction of duty.” "If you don’t like the law, you run for the legislature, or in her case you don’t quit the legislature. “The job of the attorney general is to enforce the laws of the state of Georgia - period," Carr said after a campaign speech in August. This is about women in this state and their ability just to be equal to men.”Ĭarr, though, lumps Jordan's claim that there is a role for the attorney general to challenge state laws alongside some district attorneys who refuse to enforce certain laws. "This is about the ability just to not be treated as a second-class citizen, not just to be treated as a vessel for someone else’s use.
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“This isn’t a partisan thing," Jordan said at a NARAL Pro Choice America event in early October. Jordan, a Sandy Springs lawyer, said she would support those challenging Georgia's six-week abortion ban on state constitutional grounds, a case set for a late October trial in Fulton County.
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