Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Hillary Clinton blast Georgia's 'heartbeat bill'

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Hillary Clinton blast Georgia's 'heartbeat bill'https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/08/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-hillary-clinton-criticized-heartbeat-bill/1140744001/





Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY Published 12:16 p.m. ET May 8, 2019

Cheers erupted as Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the "heartbeat" abortion bill. USA TODAY


WASHINGTON — Progressives heavily criticized the signing of a Georgia bill that would make it illegal to receive an abortion after a heartbeat was detected in the womb, about six weeks into a pregnancy. Georgia lawmakers had passed the bill in April, but it did not become law until Governor Brian Kemp signed it on Monday.

The bill, which does not take effect until Jan. 1, 2020, will one of the most restrictive abortion bills in the country. Current Georgia state law allows abortions up until the 20th week of pregnancy.

Progressives slammed the bill on social media.

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@HillaryClinton

Hillary Clinton Retweeted CBS News

Six-week abortion bans are effectively total bans on abortion, as many women don't know they are pregnant at six weeks.

I stand with everyone in Georgia and around the country fighting these illegal measures that threaten women’s lives and freedoms.

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Michelle Zink @MichelleZink
May 8
Replying to @HillaryClinton

These bills should go hand in hand with child support laws demanding support at the time pregnancy is confirmed. If the GOP cares so much about the fetus, the father should be mandated to help provide medical care, food, etc. for it while in utero.
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Carol Vernon
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May 8

.@GOP is not pro-fetus. If they were, every pregnant woman would have excellent pre-natal care & our maternal mortality rate would not be shockingly high. No. GOP is pro-forced birth as a way to control women by limiting our economic independence & competitiveness in workplace.