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News Articles: Abortion

People gather in front of the Georgia State Capital in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022, to protest to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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  • Politics

Georgia's abortion restrictions kept women from lifesaving care, their families say

The families of Georgia women who died from abortion-related complications are pleading with lawmakers to change state law.  

March 30, 2026
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
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  • News

Georgia Today: Fulton County ballot case; Pleas to change abortion law; Braves opening day

On the Mar 27 edition: Attorneys for Fulton County and the Trump administration squared off in court today over the county's demand that the FBI return seized ballots from the 2020 election; the families of three women who died as a result of abortion-related complications are pleading with lawmakers to change state law; and today is opening day for the 2026 Atlanta Braves season.

March 27, 2026
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Mark Davenport
The Camden County Courthouse in Woodbine on March 23, 2026. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current GA/CatchLight/Report for America

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  • News

Judge, expressing doubt on abortion murder charge, grants bond to Georgia mother

A Coastal Georgia district attorney and a Superior Court judge said Monday they were doubtful that enough evidence exists to move forward with a malice murder charge against a 31-year-old Camden County mother arrested earlier this month for an alleged illegal abortion, paving the way for a possible reduction or dismissal of charges.

March 24, 2026
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By:
  • Jabari Gibbs and
  • The Current
The Camden County Courthouse Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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  • News

Coroner: Infant died from ‘undetermined causes’

The infant delivered after an alleged illegal abortion attempt in late December died due to “undetermined causes,” according to the Camden County coroner, although local police have charged the mother, Alexia Moore, with attempted murder.

March 23, 2026
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By:
  • Jabari Gibbs and
  • The Current
Pro-life activists counter-demonstrate as pro-choice activists participate in a "flash-mob" demonstration outside of the US Supreme Court on January 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. - January 22 marks the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that established the constitutional right to abortion care in the United States. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP) (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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  • News

Georgia Today: Georgia abortion attempted murder charges, Gabbard's Fulton testimony, Gas tax relief

On the March 19 edition: A Georgia woman has been charged with attempted murder under the state's abortion law; Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies on her role in the raid on a Fulton County elections warehouse; and soaring gas prices prompt state lawmakers to suspend the state's gas tax

March 19, 2026
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By:
  • Peter Biello
The Camden County Courthouse Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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  • News

Woman charged with attempted murder under Georgia abortion law

A 31-year-old U.S. Army veteran from Kingsland has been charged with attempted murder, the first time that a mother has been charged under Georgia’s restrictive abortion law.

March 19, 2026
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By:
  • Jabari Gibbs and
  • The Current
The Devil is busy offers an intimate look inside a women’s healthcare clinic in Atlanta, where Tracii leads security to ensure safety and care amid protests and restrictions.

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  • Arts & Culture News

Inside the Atlanta clinic at the center of the Oscar-nominated film 'The Devil Is Busy'

Co-director Christalyn Hampton talks about documenting a day inside an Atlanta women’s health clinic serving patients from across the Southeast.

March 05, 2026
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland
A 19-year-old woman talks with nurse Valeria Zafisoa at a traveling contraception clinic in eastern Madagascar run by the British nonprofit group MSI Reproductive Choices. That group lost $15 million in funding the last time Trump enforced the Mexico City policy.

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  • Global Health

Trump expands policy banning aid to groups abroad that discuss or provide abortions

In addition to adding to the list of groups that will lose funding for providing or discussing abortion, the policy now also calls for ending aid to groups that embrace DEI.

January 23, 2026
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By:
  • Jonathan Lambert

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  • World

How a network of women in Latin America transformed safe, self-managed abortions

An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America.

June 08, 2025
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By:
  • Marta Martínez and
  • Liana Simstrom
Adriana Smith and her son

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  • Health

In the case of a pregnant and brain-dead patient at Emory, answers are not clear cut

The ethical and legal concerns raised over the treatment of Atlanta’s Adriana Smith are representative of experiences in a post-Roe America, some say. 

May 21, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Emory University Hospital Midtown is seen on Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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  • News

Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban

A hospital is using a breathing tube and other measures to keep a brain-dead Georgia woman's body functioning because she is pregnant. 

May 15, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Texas State Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, one of the original sponsors of the Texas Heartbeat Act, is now the lead sponsor of a bill to clarify when a doctor can terminate a pregnancy to save the life of the mother.

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  • Health

A Texas abortion ban sponsor aims to clarify when doctors can do the procedure

Since abortion became almost entirely illegal in Texas in 2021, the state has seen a significant rise in the number of women who die in pregnancy or after giving birth. A new bill aims to change that.

May 15, 2025
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
Anti-abortion activist pray and protest in front of the Greenville Women's Clinic in Greenville, South Carolina, March 14, 2025. Jim Urquhart for NPR

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  • National

Once-fringe activists are fighting to be the voice of the anti-abortion movement

Most Americans balk at the idea of charging women who get abortions with homicide, but post-Roe, militant anti-abortion activists are finding state lawmakers are increasingly open to it.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Odette Yousef
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp speaks at the March for Life held outside the state Capitol on March 6, 2025.

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  • Politics

Kemp signs in vitro fertilization bill and others at Savannah convention center

After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children, many states, including Georgia, moved to protect IVF.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Attendees of Georgia's March for Life take a group photo outside the state Capitol on March 6, 2025.

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  • Politics

Two rallies at the Georgia Capitol demonstrate vast divide on abortion stance

Compared to last year, abortion remains a largely untouched issue by state lawmakers. Constituents on both sides of the debate say they'd like to see more action.

March 18, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
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