Jill Goldsmith Opposing sides of a controversial Georgia abortion ban that had Hollywood up in arms last year faced off Monday in a court hearing where reproductive rights groups asked a judge to make a temporary ban on the so-called Heartbeat Bill permanent.The legislation, signed last summer by Gov.
Brian Kemp, was halted by a federal district court in October before going into effect. It criminalizes abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detectable, or at about six weeks, when most women don’t even know they’re pregnant.
It also changes the definition of personhood under Georgia’s statute to include an embryo or fetus. Georgia is a massive film and television production hub.
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