In Georgia, Democrats look to abortion rights to lure votes

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July 28th, 2022

Rep. Ed Setzler, R-Acworth, speaks during a rally against abortion inside the Georgia State Capitol Friday, May 6, 2022, in Atlanta. With new abortion restrictions clamping down in Georgia, Democrats hope their advocacy of abortion rights will lure moderates and shore up enthusiasm. That gambit could determine a U.S. Senate seat and the governor's race in the South's premier swing state. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

If it was up to Mary Paris, Georgia’s 2022 elections would be a referendum on abortion.

As she watched her grandchildren play in a park in an upscale Atlanta suburb, the nurse practitioner said forcing women to give birth to unwanted children is “despicable.”

Paris is one of many women mobilized into politics by the 2016 election of Donald Trump.

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