Georgia’s abortion restrictions also affect pregnancy care in the state, according to a group of physicians who spoke this week at a hearing before a U.S. Senate subcommittee.
The doctors also warned that the abortion law would hamper the state’s ability to recruit and retain medical residents and OB-GYNs amid a shortage of maternity care.
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, organized the field hearing at Decatur City Hall about the abortion law known as House Bill 481.
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