Hollywood is angry at the anti-abortion law passed by the state of Georgia

Hollywood is angry at the anti-abortion law passed by the state of Georgia

MPs from the state of Georgia, in the southern United States, voted Friday anti-abortion legislation, the most restrictive in the country in terms of a possible period of intervention. "Georgia attaches great value to life, we defend the innocent and speak on behalf of those who can not speak for themselves," said Republican governor Brian Kemp, a Republican.

A very restrictive law

This conservative and religious state has voted to ban abortion as soon as a heart rhythm is detected in the embryo, which is possible from the sixth week of pregnancy. The law, known as the "Heartbeat Bill", has an exception for medical complications, but not for victims of rape and incest.

For human rights organizations, this is actually to prohibit abortion before the majority of women learn their pregnancy. "If Governor Kemp promulgates this law, the ACLU has only one thing to say to it: we will meet again in court," said Andrea Young, Georgia's head of this powerful civil rights organization. .

Stars are committed

Dozens of celebrities from American cinema are also involved. Ben Stiller, Alec Baldwin or Alyssa Milano have written to Brian Kemp, warning him that they will no longer be able to work "in good conscience" in Georgia, a popular destination for filming if the law is promulgated.

A text already adopted in Mississippi

The "heartbeat law" has already been passed in several US states, such as Kentucky and Iowa, where it was immediately blocked by judges. on March 20, the Mississippi Parliament also passed it. The Supreme Court legalized abortion in the United States in 1973, ruling that women can abort as long as the fetus is not viable. Beyond this, each state may restrict or prohibit abortions unless the life or health of the mother is in danger. But the arrival of two judges appointed by Donald Trump to the Supreme Court has shifted the institution into the conservative camp, feeding the conjectures on a possible evolution of this jurisprudence.

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