- Title: What does Gen Z in Georgia think about abortion?
- Date: 28th October 2024
- Summary: MACON, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 25, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING IN DOWNTOWN MACON VARIOUS SIGN IN DOWNTOWN MACON (SOUNDBITE) (English) ELENA FERRER, 18, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FROM WARNER ROBINS, GEORGIA, SAYING: “I’ve struggled with my opinion on abortion before just because I think, like, we are so small in the grand scheme of things that we shouldn’t have a say on life and when that happens. I think it's kind of, whatever happens, happens. But I also think there are so many specific scenarios where women are in, like, major medical emergencies where they need abortions for their health. And I think that, like, it should be an option for everyone.” GEORGIA STATE FLAG IN FRONT OF THE TERMINAL STATION (SOUNDBITE) (English) ELENA FERRER, 18, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FROM WARNER ROBINS, GEORGIA, SAYING: “For the health of all people, especially women’s health that has been overlooked for so long, I think it would be best to have more abortion rights and more people who have been in that sort of situation in power.” CAR DRIVING PAST TERMINAL STATION (SOUNDBITE) (English) ELENA FERRER, 18, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FROM WARNER ROBINS, GEORGIA, SAYING: “I will vote because I feel like, it’s pretty close and I feel like, the things that I value, a lot of them are at stake. Um, which is scary enough that sometimes it makes me feel l should just not get involved at all but, I know that voting is the right thing to do.” PEOPLE WALKING IN DOWNTOWN MACON (SOUNDBITE) (English) JEREMYAH FOSTER, 18, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FROM MACON, GEORGIA, SAYING: “ I do think Macon should have an abortion clinic because, as I said, teenagers, they don’t, never question they decisions. They always in the moment want to do right now, instead of actually thinking. And then, once they actually have time to think by themselves, without other opinions, they may want to say, yes, I may want to have a child, no, I don’t want to have a child right now. “ PEOPLE WALKING IN DOWNTOWN MACON (SOUNDBITE) (English) JEREMYAH FOSTER, 18, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FROM MACON, GEORGIA, SAYING: “Ms. Harris, Kamala, she got my vote. When she speak, it gives me hope of the party, of the country. And it’s just the things. She wants us to grow instead of taking us backwards." MACON, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 26, 2024) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF THE MACON-BIBB COUNTY REPUBLICANS HEADQUARTERS CARTER MITCHELL, 21, PART TIME CARPENTER AND COLLEGE STUDENT, WALKING INTO THE MACON-BIBB COUNTY REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) CARTER MITCHELL, 21, PART TIME CARPENTER AND COLLEGE STUDENT, FROM MACON, GEORGIA, SAYING: “When I went to high school, um, yeah, we did have, and I went to a private Christian high school, and yeah we did talk about sex. So it’s like, okay, this is how it works. This is the result, usually. Um, and this is, uh, being Christian, this is how God views sex, between a married man and woman. Um, and I would agree with that.” MITCHELL TALKING TO A MACON-BIBB COUNTY REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS STAFF MEMBER. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CARTER MITCHELL, 21, PART TIME CARPENTER AND COLLEGE STUDENT, FROM MACON, GEORGIA, SAYING: “If you follow the Christian route, then you’re not going to end up with an unmarried pregnant teen, at least.” VARIOUS OF MITCHELL USING HIS CELL PHONE (SOUNDBITE) (English) CARTER MITCHELL, 21, PART TIME CARPENTER AND COLLEGE STUDENT, FROM MACON, GEORGIA, SAYING: “I plan on voting for Donald Trump again.” POLITICAL AND CAMPAIGN SIGNS OUTSIDE MACON-BIBB COUNTY REPUBLICANS HEADQUARTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) CARTER MITCHELL, 21, PART TIME CARPENTER AND COLLEGE STUDENT, FROM MACON, GEORGIA, SAYING: “ And I understand when people say, oh I don’t like Donald Trump or I don’t like Joe Biden or I don’t like Kamala Harris. I get that because there are things I don’t like about them. Um, and there are things that I like about all of them. But I think people realize that you have to weigh those things and you have to consider, what do I want my country to look like. And maybe I can’t have everything I want but I can at least try.” MACON, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 25, 2024) (REUTERS) CARS ON STREET WOMAN WALKING INTO THE KOLBE CENTER SIGN ON KOLBE CENTER BUILDING VARIOUS OF ANN BEALL, DIRECTOR OF THE KOLBER CENTER, SPEAKING WITH EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANN BEALL, DIRECTOR OF THE KOLBE CENTER, SAYING: “We provide, um, pregnancy tests and ultrasound verification of pregnancy for, um, new moms who, sometimes, they don’t know if they’re pregnant. Sometimes they already know they’re pregnant but just need that verification and figuring out how far along they are and those kind of things. Um, we do provide verification of pregnancy forms that, um, the state uses to then enroll them in pregnancy Medicaid or WIC (Women, Infants and Children) or whatever services they need. Um, so we are really trying to help mama’s find the best way to choose life.” ULTRASOUND MACHINE AND A MEDICAL EXAM TABLE BEALL WORKING AT HER DESK BABY BOTTLES FILLED WITH MONEY ON ANN BEALL’S DESK (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANN BEALL, DIRECTOR OF THE KOLBE CENTER, SAYING: “You know, one mama at a time. I’m able to help them understand their fertility and what it means when you’re having sex with somebody, whether it’s the person that you think you’re gonna marry or it’s the guy that you really like from school. Whatever the issue is, I like to believe that one young lady at a time, we’re making a difference in that world. Um, does that slow down our overall pregnancy rate? Not as much as I would like. Um, but it makes a difference in the lives of those mamas.” VARIOUS SIGNS OF MACON ICB CONSTRUCTION GROUP SPORTS COMPLEX AND CENTRAL CITY SKATE PARK VARIOUS PEOPLE AT SKATE PARK ETHAN KNIGHT, 21, BARISTA FROM GRAY, GEORGIA, TALKING TO FRIENDS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ETHAN KNIGHT, 21, BARISTA FROM GRAY, GEORGIA, SAYING: “I’d say I’m Pro-Life. Um but I also, I could never put myself in a women’s shoes. Like, I’ve contemplated many times what I would do in a situation if my girlfriend got pregnant. And I always come to the conclusion that we’ll cross that bridge when we get there. But there are alternate methods of contraceptive which are just as effective, more effective than, you know, abortion.” KNIGHT SKATEBOARDING (SOUNDBITE) (English) ETHAN KNIGHT, 21, BARISTA FROM GRAY, GEORGIA, SAYING: "The Left party is what is allowing me to go to school. And, you know, if the Right party was to be elected, a lot of student federal aid would cease to exist, and I wouldn’t be able to go to school. Um, and that leads me more towards, you know, the blue (Democratic) party. But, I couldn’t, nothing, nothing would - there’s so many things in the balance that I don’t think one particular thing would lead me each way. And I think that’s why I’m just sitting out this election. Yeah.” MACON, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 26, 2024) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF E.L. HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY ELAINE LUCAS, DIRECTOR OF E.L. HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY, LOOKING AT PAPERWORK FILING CABINET WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD MEMORABILIA AND DEMOCRAT POLITICAL MEMORABILIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ELAINE LUCAS, 73, COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN MACON-BIBB COUNTY, SAYING: “There were a couple of clinics over the last, say 20 years, that did provide, um, women’s services. And they were quietly, gently and sometimes forcefully, forced out of business by some organizations that were anti-women’s health, period.” LUCAS DURING INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (English) ELAINE LUCAS, 73, COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN MACON-BIBB COUNTY, SAYING: “Here in Macon, we can only hope that people can have access to at least some of the women’s services that they deserve to have in any modern, civilized community.” EXTERIOR OF E.L. HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY BILLBOARD
- Embargoed: 11th November 2024 09:58
- Keywords: ABORTION ELECTION GEN Z GEORGIA
- Location: MACON, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES
- City: MACON, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: North America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA001507227102024RP1
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- Story Text:The Supreme Court of Georgia reinstated a ban on nearly all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy effective October 7, as it considers the U.S. state's appeal of an earlier ruling by a lower court judge blocking the law.
The law bans almost all abortions after a "human heartbeat" is detected, typically around six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant. It was passed in 2019 but did not take effect until the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 overturned its longstanding Roe v. Wade precedent, which had guaranteed abortion rights nationwide.
In July, 18-year-old school student Elena Ferrer in Macon, Georgia, told Reuters, "There are so many specific scenarios where women are in, like, major medical emergencies where they need abortions for their health."
21-year-old student and skateboarder Ethan Knight said even though he could never put himself in a woman's shoes, "There are alternate methods of contraceptive which are just as effective, more effective than abortion.”
Democrats, led by Vice President Kamala Harris, the party's presidential candidate, have sought to build support for abortion measures, which they hope will galvanize left-leaning and independent voters.
The issue of abortion has bedeviled Republicans since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision to eliminate a nationwide right.
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