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TITUSVILLE, FL -- Priests for Life National Director Frank Pavone released the following statement regarding the Heartbeat Act in Georgia that was struck down by a judge today.
“The judge ruled that ‘liberty’ in the Georgia Constitution includes a woman’s right to control her own body, but he makes no mention of the person whose body will be torn apart and disposed of as medical waste. These are people with beating hearts.
“Interestingly, the judge recognizes the ‘separate life’ once the baby in the womb reaches viability and says that life can be protected. The ruling is absurd. All life deserves to be protected.
“The ruling is also out of line with the Dobbs decision, which puts abortion policy in the hands of the people and their elected representatives, and makes clear that it is a mistake to consider abortion to be some kind of hidden right under broader and otherwise valid rights to liberty or privacy or equality.”