Outside a juice bar in Marietta, a few dozen women are seated on folding chairs, listening to the candidate they hope will be their next governor.
Up front, Democrat Stacey Abrams and Dr. Nadine Becker, an Atlanta OB-GYN, take questions, mostly on Georgia’s new abortion law. The law bans most abortions after roughly six weeks, with few exceptions.
“Please, god, you’re going to get elected,” Eileen Lichtenfeld, a Marietta marketing professional, says into the microphone as the crowd nods along. “But the odds of our legislature turning blue are very very bad. What can you as governor do? Because this is the law.”
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