Week In Review: Doctors and patients say Georgia's abortion law is hindering reproductive health

Georgia residents protest for abortion rights at The Nathan Deal Judicial Center on March 28, 2023. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Georgia’s abortion law took effect three years ago this week. It limits allowing the procedure to roughly the first six weeks of pregnancy, and some Atlanta abortion rights advocates, doctors and patients say it continues to interfere with reproductive healthcare. Advocates and lawyers for a Spanish-language journalist fighting deportation from Georgia say they believe his plight is retaliation for his work. A new report from the University of Georgia says the state needs better coordination to prepare for worsening disasters like hurricanes and heat waves. Last month, a meteorite made a bit of a scene in metro Atlanta, streaking across the sky before shooting through the roof of a house in Henry County. We examine the space rock. 

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–Emily Jones has more on a new study from the University of Georgia that says the state needs better coordination to prepare for worsening disasters like hurricanes and heat waves.