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A Georgia judge declared Monday that the state's abortion law, which restricted the procedure in the first six weeks of pregnancy, is unconstitutional. The order from Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney, who was appointed in 2012 by former Republican Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, reinstates Georgia's abortion restrictions prior to the overturn of Roe v. Wade, which allows the procedure up until 22 weeks of pregnancy. Georgia passed the Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act in 2019, which prohibited physicians from performing an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy with some exceptions. The law was struck down by a...

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — Rep. Bob Good introduced the Life Act on Thursday, legislation that outlaws abortions of unborn babies “to the fullest extent at the federal level” by prohibiting federal dollars from being used for abortions. The Virginia Republican’s bill, which builds on a consensus from House Republicans to provide stronger enforcement mechanisms for pro-life laws, bans federally regulated health care programs from using funds to pay for abortions and federally regulated health plans from covering abortions. The bill protects mothers whose lives are in danger but does not make exceptions for rape or incest and would...

The state's attorney general will immediately appeal.ATLANTA (LifeSiteNews) – A Georgia judge declared the state’s heartbeat-based abortion ban unconstitutional despite the U.S. Supreme Court expressly affirming states’ freedom to set their own abortion laws this summer. The Associated Press reported that Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled against the Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act, which forbids abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected (as early as six weeks), except in cases of rape, incest, physical medical emergencies, and pregnancies deemed “medically futile.” The bill, signed in 2019, inspired a wave of heartbeat laws across the country, which...

The representative for a district with higher-than-average rates of obesity-related conditions will return from recess a week from Monday to reintroduce her Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise (LIFE) Act. D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) will say on the House floor, according to prepared remarks, that her bill is intended to tackle a health problem “that cannot be remedied through the health care system alone.” The LIFE Act would give the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention $25 million “for a coordinated national effort to reverse increasingly sedentary lifestyles and diets that are high in fat and sugar.” That...