TONIGHT.
THOUSANDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
MARCHED IN THE STREETS TODAY
AGAINST THE CONTROVERSIAL
ABORTION BANS PASSED IN A NUMBER
OF STATES INCLUDING GEORGIA.
ALABAMA WAS THE MOST RECENT
STATE TO JOIN THE EFFORT --
CREATING ONE OF
THE MOST RESTRICTIVE RIGHT TO
LIFE LAWS ON THE BOOKS.
ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES,
JOINED DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS IN
RALLIES ACROSS THE NATION.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HELD SIGNS
AND CHANTED IN ATLANTA-- THAT
SAME SCENE PLAYED OUT IN DOZEN
OF CITIES-- INCLUDING COLUMBIA,
SOUTH
CAROLINA AND WASHINGTON D.C.
MANY SAY THE NEW LAWS ARE
DESIGNED TO DRAW LEGAL
CHALLENGES WHICH
COULD OVERTURN THE 1973 ROE
VERSUS WADE DECISION THAT
LEGALIZED ABORTIONS.
SAVANNAH IS ALSO A PART OF THE
NATIONWIDE -- STOP THE BANS
MOVEMENT.
HUNDREDS CITY TOOK TO THE
STREETS DOWNTOWN DEMANDING THAT
GEORGIA'S ABORTION LAW AND
SIMILAR ONES BE OVER TURNED.
NEWS 3'S SHAYNAH FERREIRA IS
JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM JOHNSON
SQUARE
WHERE THAT RALLY WRAPPED UP A
FEW HOURS AGO.
HUNDREDS RALLIED IN JOHNSON
SQUARE FOR WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS -- SOME CALLING THE
ABORTION BANS AN ATTACK ON HUMAN
RIGHTS -- MANY WOMEN AND MEN WE
SPOKE WITH SAY THIS IS JUST THE
BEGINNING OF THEIR COLLECTIVE
EFFORTS TO STOP THE BILLS FROM
TAKING
EFFECT.
DANIELA RODRIGUEZ/OPPONE NT OF
ABORTION BAN: "IF YOU'RE NOT A
WOMAN, YOU SHOULDN'T BE MAKING
LAWS ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS."
SAM DEROUNE/OPPONENT OF ABORTION
BAN: "THEIR CHOICE IS INSANELY
IMPORTANT AND IT IS 100 PERCENT
THEIRS AND NOBODY ELSE'S."
THEY ARE JUST TWO VOICES IN THE
SEA OF PROTESTORS IN JOHNSON
SQUARE --
HUNDREDS GATHERED TO DEMONSTRATE
AGAINST THE
ABORTION BANS PASSED IN 8 STATES
-- INCLUDING GEORGIA.
FOR NORA COOK -- THIS IS
PERSONAL.
NORA COOK:
"I HAD MY FIRST ABORTION WHEN I
WAS 23. I WAS AN ADDICT AT THE
TIME AND THAT ABORTION GAVE ME
THE GRACE OF GOD I NEEDED TO GET
SOBER AND I'M
NOT ABOUT TO GRADUATE BECAUSE OF
THAT ABORTION. I CAN'T IMAGINE A
WORLD WHERE THERE'S PEOPLE WHO
WOULD NOT HAVE THAT CHANCE. THE
SAME BLESSING AND PRIVILEGE AND
ABILITY TO CONTROL THEIR LIFE
THAT I
DID."
THE HEARTBEAT BILL IN GEORGIA
PASSED BY GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP
WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR A
WOMEN TO HAVE AN ABORTION ONCE A
HEART BEAT IS
DETECTED -- GENERALLY AFTER 6
WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.
SAM DEROUNE:
"I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF
ALL OF THE WOMEN IN MY LIFE.
SUCH AS MY
MOTHER AND MY SISTER AND MY
COUSINS AND GRANDMA."
"THIS IS EVERYONE'S FIGHT. THIS
IS A FIGHT ABOUT FREEDOM AND
A FIGHT ABOUT CHOICE."
SOME PROTESTORS SAY THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING-- THEY SAY THEY'LL
DO
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THE
LAWS OVER TURNED BEFORE THEY GO
INTO EFFECT IN 2020.
CARRIE CHRISTIAN/ PROTESTER:
"TAKE ACTION. CALL YOUR
REPRESENTATIVES. COME TO MARCHES
LIKE THIS."
OTHERS SAYING THEY HOPE TO
PROTECT ABORTION ACCESS BY
FLIPPING
SEATS IN CONGRESS IN THIS NEXT
ELECTION CYCLE.
"YOU'RE COMING FOR MY BODY SO WE
WILL BE COMING FOR YOUR SEATS."
NOW THE STATE OF GEORGIA IS
BEING SUED BY A NUMBER OF CIVIL
RIGHTS
GROUPS SINCE THE HEART BEAT BILL
WAS SIGNED.. ASIDE FROM LEGAL
BATTLES -- HOLLYWOOD FILM MAKERS
HAVE SAID THEY WILL STOP FILMING
IN THE
PEACH STATE IF THE LAW GOES INTO
EFFECT. THE BILL IS SET TO TAKE
EFFECT
IN JANUARY OF 2020
LIVE IN SAVANNAH, SHAYNAH
FERREIRA, WSAV NEWS 3.
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