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The Georgia House Bill 481, formally named the Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act, is an American anti-abortion law passed in 2019 that sought to prevent physicians in the U.S. state of Georgia from performing abortions beyond six weeks, except in special situations.
House Bill 481 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Setzler of the 35th, Lott of the 122nd, Taylor of the 173rd, Bonner of the 72nd, Ehrhart of the 36th, and others. BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT. To amend Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons.
30 cze 2022 · House Bill 481, a 10-page bill passed in 2019 and almost immediately blocked by a lawsuit, would criminalize most abortions after about six weeks into pregnancy — before many women may know they are pregnant — and adds so-called "fetal personhood" language that would change the definition of a "natural person" to include "an unborn child at any ...
15 lip 2022 · The legislation remains tied up in federal courts, but in the wake of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, HB 481's ban after six weeks gestation has abortion providers— and women from Georgia and neighboring states — bracing for a new plan of care.
24 paź 2023 · Georgia physicians, reproductive health care providers, and advocates filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Fulton County on June 26, bringing a state constitutional challenge against H.B. 481, a law banning abortion at approximately six weeks of pregnancy — just two weeks after a person’s first missed period and before many people even ...
7 paź 2024 · 10.07.24 (PRESS RELEASE) — The Supreme Court of Georgia issued a ruling today staying a trial court decision striking down H.B. 481, a ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy — before many people even know they’re pregnant.
Georgia has continually sought to legislate against abortion at a state level since 2011. The most recent example, 2019's HB 481, [8] sought to make abortion illegal as soon as embryonic cardiac-cell activity can be detected; in most cases that is around the six-week mark of a pregnancy.
