March 01, 2012 News & Views » News Feature

Georgia as abortion battleground 

Our state is poised to become national testing ground for 20-week abortion cutoff

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LIFE IN THE BALANCE: A standing-room-only audience crowded into a Gold Dome committee room last week to hear testimony on Georgia's newest bill to restrict abortion rights.

Joeff Davis

LIFE IN THE BALANCE: A standing-room-only audience crowded into a Gold Dome committee room last week to hear testimony on Georgia's newest bill to restrict abortion rights.

Toward the end of a legislative hearing last week on the latest bill seeking to further restrict abortion rights in Georgia, a young woman approached the microphone cradling an infant. In a voice choked with emotion, she testified about receiving some devastating…

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