{"id":294395,"date":"2023-07-09T11:08:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T16:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=294395"},"modified":"2023-07-07T21:40:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T02:40:27","slug":"abortions-drop-50-heartbeat-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortions-drop-50-heartbeat-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortions drop 50% after passage of ‘heartbeat law’ in this state"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Data from the Georgia Department of Health (DPH) provided to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) shows that abortions in the state have been reduced by nearly half since the overturn of Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Following information received from the open records request, The AJC reports<\/a> that from January to July of 2022, approximately 4,000 abortions were committed in the state each month. With the overturn of Roe v. Wade<\/em> in late June, a state law protecting most preborn children from abortion upon detecting a heartbeat was allowed to take effect. With the implementation of that law, which restricts abortion to about the first six weeks, abortions dropped to an average of about 2,176 per month.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbortions are down by (about half) across the state,\u201d said<\/a> Cole Muzio, who runs Frontline Policy Action group. \u201cThat equates to 20,000 to 21,000 lives \u2014 about the size of the city of Acworth. This is exactly what we were hoping for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notably, the data shows a jump in abortions in November during a brief stint when a judge placed a hold on the state’s heartbeat law. A week later, the state Supreme Court reversed the lower judge’s ruling, putting the law back into effect. As a result, there were 195 abortions committed at seven weeks or later in November, compared with 13 in September and 10 in December. The state’s records also show that the majority of abortions in the state are chemical abortions, which correlates with national data.<\/p>\n