Hundreds of its members are urging the American Bar Association to skip Atlanta as a possible host for the 2021 midyear convention to protest Georgia’s new law banning most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected.

Nearly 250 members of the nation’s largest professional organization of attorneys signed the June 4 letter to the ABA Board of Governors, urging them to reject a proposal to move the convention from Orlando to Atlanta in 2021.