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STARTS NOW. >> THE GEORGIA SENATE JUST 4@
PASSED THE HEARTBEAT BILL AFTER
MUCH DEBATE AND PROTEST ON BOTH
SIDES.
SIDES.
SIDES. THE COUNTRY IS WATCHING
CLOSELY.
CLOSELY.
CLOSELY. TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT.
LATASHA GIVENS AND DOUG
RICHARDS 4@ON THE4@ REACTION AN
THE NEXT STEPS.
>>> THE CITY HAS APPROVED THIS
MEASURE CURRENTLY THE LAW IS 20
WEEKS AND IT WOULD LOWER TO SIX
WEEKS.
WEEKS.
WEEKS. DOUG, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT NEXT?
>>REPORTER: THE SENATE4@ HAS JU
PASSED THIS AND THE NEXT STEP
WILL BE FOR IT TO 4@GO BACK TO
THE HOUSE BECAUSE MEMBERS OF
THE SENATE REWROTE THE BILL.
IT GOES BACK TO THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE THAT PERHAPS TO A
FULL HOUSE AND THEN PRESUMABLY
AFTER PASSING THEIR4@ IT WOULD
FOR THE SIGNATURE OF GOVERNOR
KIM.
KIM.
KIM. THIS
KIM. THIS PAST ALONG THE STRICT
PARTY LINE AND 4@THERE WERE SOM
DEBATES THAT WE SAW IN THE
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. THE SUPPORTERS OF THE BILL USED
SCIENCE 4@TO DESCRIBE THEIR
SUPPORT AND OTHERS USED
SCRIPTURE.
SCRIPTURE. IN THE MEANTIME IN THE SENATE
GALLERY THERE WERE A DOZEN STATE
4@TROOPERS INSIDE AND A LINE OF
FOLKS OUTSIDE WANTING TO GET A
SEAT THAT WERE UNABLE TO.
BOTH SIDES 4@BUT A LOT OF HEAT.
THIS SENATOR OPPOSED THE BILL.
>> IT'S PRETTY CLEARLY IMMORAL
IF WE ARE GOING TO SIT IN THIS
FANCY MARBLE BUILDING IN THE
MIDDLE OF A THRIVING METROPOLIS
MIDDLE OF A THRIVING METROPOLIS@ AND IGNORE THE TRUE WAGE OF
THIS LEGISLATION.
THIS LEGISLATION. AND TO FORGET THE DESPERATION
OF THOSE WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED
BY IT.
BY IT.
BY IT. >>
BY IT. >> ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE RIGHTS
AND FREEDOMS OF WILLIAM, WOMEN
ARE COMPELLING AND NOT WITHOUT
MERIT.
MERIT.
MERIT. THEY ARE INCOMPLETE RESULTS IN
INJUSTICE AND OPPRESSION OF THE
WEAKEST PEOPLE.
WEAKEST PEOPLE. >> Reporter: THAT WAS 4@A SENAT
FROM FLORENCE VILLA, A 4@
SUPPORTER OF4@ THE BILL.
CURRENT GEORGIA LAW ALLOWS AN
ABORTION UP TO4@ 20 WEEKS OF
GESTATION IN THE HEARTBEAT BILL
WOULD ROLL IT BACK TO SIX WEEKS
GESTATION IN THE HEARTBEAT BILL WOULD ROLL IT BACK TO SIX WEEKS@
WHICH IS WHEN SUPPORTERS SAY A
FETAL HEARTBEAT IS DETECTABLE.
THIS IS A 4@BILL THAT WAS A
PRIORITY FOR THE INCOMING
GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR KEMP REALLY
GOT THE BALL ROLLING ON THIS4@
BILL.
BILL.
BILL. IT
BILL. IT PASSED THROUGH THE HOUSE AND
OUT TO THE SENATE.
STILL 4@HAS ANOTHER STEP TO GO
AND IT WILL END UP ON HIS DESK
AROUND THE TIME THE LEGISL4@ATU
ENDS.
ENDS.
ENDS. LATASHA GIVENS HAS BEEN WITH US
ENDS. LATASHA GIVENS HAS BEEN WITH US@
AT THE CAPITOL AND THERE HAVE
BEEN A LOT OF TRADERS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THIS ISSUE.
SHE HAS BEEN TALKING WITH THEM.
WHAT IF YOU GOT?>>REPORTER:
THAT'S RIGHT, DOUG.
THIS BILL HAS BEEN A HOT 4@TOPI
NOT JUST IN GEORGIA BUT AROUND
THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY. BECAUS4@E OF THE PRECEDENT IT
COULD SET.4@
COULD SET.4@ PROT4@ESTERS HAVE GATHERED INSI
AND OUTSIDE WAITING ON THIS
BILL4@.
BILL4@.
BILL4@. SOME ARE STILL HERE.
EARLIER TODAY WHEN WE ARRIVED
AT THE CAPITOL YOU COULD SEE A
HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE WITH AT
LEAST THREE DOZEN PATROL CARS
ALONG MITCHELL STREET.
CAPITOL SECURITY WAS PREPARED4@
FOR A TENSE DAY BASED ON THE
CONTROVERSY.
CONTROVERSY. AT TIMES BOTH SIDES WERE IN THE
HALLWAY ON PINS AND NEEDLES
HOPING FOR A VOTE IN THEIR
FAVOR.
FAVOR.
FAVOR. COMING UP TONIGHT WE WILL HAVE
THE REACTION FROM BOTH SIDES 4@
WE REPORT ABOUT THIS.
THEY WILL HAVE THE REACTION
TONIGHT AT 10 AND 11.
CHERYL AND RYAN, BACK TO YOU.
>>> WE JUST HEARD FROM THE
ACLU.
ACLU.
ACLU. I
ACLU. I WILL READ IT.
THE ACLU PLANS TO SUE OVER THIS
LEGISLATION SAYING IN PART THAT
HB 481 REPRESENTS A CALLOUS
DISREGARD FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH AND
WELLNESS AND CONTENT FOR THE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF ALL
WOMEN IN GEORGIA.
AGAIN THE ACLU SAID IT WILL SUE
AS