ATLANTA — Abortion rights advocates are asking Atlanta City Council to step up their support for abortion access a year after women’s reproductive rights were stripped in Georgia and across the country.
In the spring of 2022, the Supreme Court overturned half a century of abortion rights enshrined under the landmark case Roe v. Wade. The decision paved the way for Georgia’s strict abortion law — which prohibits abortions around 6 weeks of pregnancy — to go into effect after being caught up in legal challenges since 2019.
The conservative crackdown on abortion prompted the city’s Democratic leaders to make Atlanta the first city in the region to directly fund abortion with a donation of $300,000 to Access Reproductive Care Southeast last year. The nonprofit helps pregnant people pay for abortions, including out-of-state travel and childcare expenses.
