Georgia Legislators vow to protect IVF in face of conservative Christian Pushback
Jun 14, 2024•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
Speaker of the Georgia House Jon Burns has announced he’ll
support legislation protecting in vitro fertilization in Georgia. On today’s
episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast,
hosts Bill Nigut and Patricia Murphy discuss the speaker’s announcement and how
a similar measure was blocked by Republicans in the U.S. Senate.
But first, Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO of Fair Fight Action, the
voting rights and grassroots activist organization founded by Stacey Abrams
joins the podcast to discuss a new initiative designed to recruit Georgians to
- in their words - “empower everyday Americans to support voters and protect
our democratic process from election deniers and conspiracy theorists trying to
tear our country apart.” Groh-Wargo told the podcast that Fair Fight will also
work to build a grassroots army of volunteers to turn out voters for Joe Biden.
Plus, Patricia reports on the controversy roiling around
Georgia House minority leader James Beverly, who has been accused by a staff
member of sexual harassment.
Then, as we do every Friday, Bill and Patricia answer
listener questions from the Politically Georgia Mailbag and give you their
winners and losers of the week during Who’s Up and Who’s Down.
Have a question for the show? Call the 24-hour
Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline at 770-810-5297. We’ll play
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Links to today’s topics
Georgia
house speaker vows legislation to protect access to IVF treatments
Supreme
Court preserves access to abortion pill
Female
house Democrats incensed over accusations of sexual harassment against minority
leader
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