Sean Young, legal director of the ACLU of Georgia, (from left), plaintiff Kwajelyn J. Jackson, executive director of the Feminist Women’s Health Center and and Andrea Young, executive director of the ACLU of Georgia, hold a press conference outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse after filing a lawsuit against Gov. Brian Kemp. (Photo: John Disney/ALM)
Proponents of the Georgia House Bill 481 abortion ban effectively got what they wanted Friday: a lawsuit that could be the first step toward asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade.
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective and a long list of others sued Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Attorney General Chris Carr and prosecutors around the state in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Friday seeking to block enforcement of the law, signed in May and set to take effect Jan. 1.
