The Archdiocese of Atlanta supports SB 456, a state bill relating to restrictions on chemical abortions. Let’s pray that the bill gets out of committee with no amendments added. More than half of abortions now are chemical (Click Here to Read an Article from National Review).

More From The Georgia Life Alliance:

The Biden Administration’s FDA has ended an Obama-era safety rule that would now allow abortion pills to be provided via telemedicine or sent directly through the mail without a doctor ever examining the woman in person.

“Georgia has a maternal mortality crisis, and women dying from complications such as obstetric hemorrhaging – the chief side effect of the abortion pill,” said GLA’s Joshua Edmonds. “This rule change from the FDA will only worsen the crisis and undermine the efforts of the Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee and the DPH over the last several years to protect our communities.”

A recent, first-of-its-kind study found that the abortion pill is a major public health threat. The study analyzed 423,000 confirmed abortions and found that the rate of abortion-related emergency room visits following the abortion pill increased by more than 500% from 2002 through 2015 (Studnicki, et al., Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology, January 2021).

The Women’s Health & Safety Act will require a pregnant woman to receive an in-person exam from a licensed physician prior to an abortion to ensure that she is not at increased risk of complications as well as prohibit abortion pills from being provided via telemedicine or sent through the mail. Similar legislation has been passed in OK, TX, IN, AZ, MT, and SD.

God bless,

Joey Martineck, M.T.S.

Director of Respect Life Ministry
Office of Life, Dignity and Justice
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