Georgia Supreme Court reinstates almost total ban on abortion in the state

In 2024, MAGA candidates have tried to weasel word their position on abortion. Once they were all in on a national ban on a woman’s right to choose. Now that they have witnessed women embracing Democrats in record numbers, they have walked back their abortion absolutism and tried to scrub their fingerprints off the misogynyTake the facile liar, JD Vance. He has the principles of a crack addict needing a fix. The Guardian reported his ‘before and after’ approach to women’s rights — contrasting his flexible position on the subject during the VP debate with his no-exception, ‘not a chance’ rigidity of yesteryear.During the debate, Vance falsely claimed that he “never supported a national abortion ban” but instead supported “some minimum national standard.”However, in 2022 when he was running for the Senate, Vance told the Very Fine People podcast he “certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally.”He also said he was “sympathetic” to the idea that a national ban was necessary to stop women from traveling across different states for abortion care.Tell us how you really feel JD — although we already know.Georgia voters, who care about civil rights, should also pay heed to the state Supreme Court’s latest ruling on women’s subjugation. As CNN reported.Savannah, Georgia AP —The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while it considers the state’s appeal.The high court’s order came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibits abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy, often before women realize they’re pregnant. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled on September 30 that privacy rights under Georgia’s constitution include the right to make personal health care decisions.Not only has the Supreme Court put women’s reproductive rights on hold, it has opened the door for more exercises in political medical malpracticeOne reason the lower court judge put the kibosh on the state’s six-week abortion limit was the catastrophic effect it was having on pregnant women’s health.ProPublica reported the stories of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller, Georgia women who died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state. The media outlet added that “A committee of maternal health experts, including 10 doctors, deemed their deaths “preventable,” shifting the discussion about such outcomes from hypothetical to a new American reality.”Not to nitpick ProPublica’s characterization of a ‘new American reality’ — there is nothing new about this. This is the quality of medicine practiced in the 19th century. Although I will concede this is probably the first time in US history that doctors have to get political approval to do their job and worry they will go to jail for trying to save a life.I would also warn Georgia voters who don’t think abortion rights have anything to do with them. Once the state gets comfortable interfering in peoples’ personal lives what’s next? And I guarantee there will be a next.(Author’s personal note: this is briefer than my usual diaries. But I am cutting it short as I am currently in Merida, Yucatán, waiting to see just how much damage Hurricane Milton will do to the northern shores of the peninsula. Once it passes here, my thoughts will turn to my compadres in Florida [whatever their politics]. Good luck. I hope the effects will be on the minimum end of the scale.)