Lathrop, et al. v. Deal, et al.
What's at Stake
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia have filed a lawsuit challenging a Georgia law banning pre-viability abortions. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of three Georgia obstetrician-gynecologists whose patients include women in need of this essential medical care.
Summary
The law criminalizes virtually all abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy, and contains only a narrow exception for medical emergencies. The ban would force a physician caring for a woman to wait for her condition to deteriorate until she was in a medical emergency before offering her abortion care necessary to protect her health.
Although very few abortions occur after 20 weeks, a woman who has an abortion at this point does so for a variety of reasons, including that continuing the pregnancy poses a threat to her health, that the fetus has been diagnosed with a medical condition or anomaly, or that the pregnancy has failed and miscarriage is inevitable.
Status: Complaint Motion for Preliminary Junction Filed
Legal Documents
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12/24/2012
Lathrop, et al. v. Deal, et al. - Preliminary Injunction
Date Filed: 12/24/2012
Affiliate: Georgia
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12/04/2012
Lathrop, et al. v. Deal, et al. - Brief for Support of Motion for Injunctive Relief
Date Filed: 12/04/2012
Affiliate: Georgia
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12/04/2012
Lathrop, et al. v. Deal, et al. - Complaint
Date Filed: 12/04/2012
Affiliate: Georgia
Press Releases
Georgia Supreme Court Rules Constitutional Challenges May Proceed Against State Actors as Individuals
State Court Temporarily Halts Georgia Abortion Ban