What does Gen Z in Georgia think about abortion?

Record ID: 1852203

  • 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
  • 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.
    (Production: Alyssa Pointer, Jane Ross, Cath Turner)
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