The Pulse
Newsletter of Georgia Right to Life
Termination of Rapist’s Parental Rights (Raffensperger)
HB 713 authored by Representative Brad Raffensperger, allows a woman to prevent her rapist from legitimating her child if the child was conceived during the assault. Often times, rapists will file for parental rights of the child conceived as a result of rape and use...
Safe Harbor
The Safe Harbor Law (SB 8) and Amendment (SR 7) are two pieces of legislation that are designed to create a fund in Georgia that is dedicated to serving the needs of victims of human sex trafficking. SB 8 and SR 7, introduced in the 2015 Legislative Session by Senator...
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (Setzler)
HB 837, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), authored by Representative Ed Setzler, is the House's legislation that would require courts to use a two-part test when handling religious liberty cases. The first part is determining whether the state has a...
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (McKoon)
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (SB 129) is modeled after the 1993 federal RFRA law that was supported by then-Senator Ted Kennedy and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. RFRA protects individuals and business owners from the government forcing them to...
Physician’s Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment Oversight
SB 305, authored by Senator Renee Unterman, is an oversight bill that requires the Department of Public Health (DPH) to provide 60 days notice to all members of the House and Senate Health & Human Services Committees prior to making any changes to the Physicians...
Life A Path, Death A Destination
“Death is just another path, one that we all must take,” the wizard Gandalf says in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Return of the King. He is right – sooner or later, everyone faces death – but the path leading there can look very different depending on one’s circumstances at the...
Free Exercise Protection Act
HB 757, the Free Exercise Protection Act, authored by Representative Kevin Tanner, was introduced originally as the Pastor Protection Act and passed from the House. The Senate amended this bill to include comprehensive language from the First Amendment Defense Act...
First Amendment Defense Act
SB 284, the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), authored by Senator Greg Kirk, ensures that private citizens, Christian schools and adoption agencies, pastors, and churches cannot be discriminated against based on the exercise of their belief in the sanctity of...
Abortion Statistic Reporting Bill
The Abortion Statistic Reporting Bill (HB 555) was filed during the 2015 Legislative Session in an effort to increase the reporting of abortions and juveniles seeking court orders to obtain abortion without parental notification from the Department of Public Health...
Aborted Fetal Tissue Sales
HB 762, authored by Representative Wendell Willard, would prevent abortionists from selling aborted fetal tissue. The bill, however, does not prohibit procurement companies to sell aborted baby body parts. The procurement companies are responsible for obtaining,...
Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act
The Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act (HB 287) was filed during 2015 Legislative Session in an effort to promote the advancement and growth of Georgia's robust biotechnology industry while also assuring the ethical and moral treatment of human persons (embryos)....
2016 State Updates
We are very blessed in Georgia to have a strongly pro-life Senate, House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor, among many other courageous state officials. As a result, we can more successfully navigate the political process and serve Georgians by...