Women in other states feel the impact of Georgia's abortion law.
Public health researchers have found that a Georgia law banning later abortions is having significant effects on women outside the state and even the Southeast region. And the law isn’t even in full effect yet.
Women in Georgia used to be able to get legal abortions as late as 26 weeks into a pregnancy. That changed two years ago when Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill reducing that time to 20 weeks from fertilization.*
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