Georgia lawmakers are set to start redrawing the state’s political maps today to create a number of new majority-Black voting districts in conjunction with an Oct. 26 federal district court ruling. But their efforts could eventually be undermined by a more-recent federal appeals court decision barring individual voters and other private parties — including groups […]
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Portraits of Protest: Black Voices From Roe v. Wade Demonstrations in Atlanta
At the corner of Centennial Olympic Park Drive and Marietta Street in Downtown is a 22-acre greenspace marking the arrival of the 1996 Olympics. Over two decades later, the very location that once drew crowds in revelry was now the site of tension and disbelief as hundreds gathered in protest of the overturning of Roe […]
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The Feds Can’t Save Abortion Rights in Georgia
The U.S. Senate declined Wednesday to advance a federal abortion-rights bill during a procedural vote that could have major implications for Black residents in Georgia if the U.S. Supreme Court follows through on overturning its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision in the coming weeks. U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff voted in favor […]
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What Overturning Roe v. Wade Would Mean for Black Georgians
The road to an abortion ban would be cleared for the GOP-controlled Georgia assembly if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, state lawmakers say — creating hurdles that would severely affect Black Georgians who are already among the most isolated from quality maternal health care. A leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court […]