The Pulse
Newsletter of Georgia Right to Life
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...
Sanctity of Human Life Act
The Sanctity of Human Life Act was introduced in 2015 by Georgia Congressman Jody Hice. This bill declares that: (1) the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human and is the person's paramount and most fundamental right; (2) each human life...
Fetal Pain Bill (2015)
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, or Fetal Pain Bill, is a federal ban on abortion after 20 weeks when medical science shows a baby can experience pain in the womb. HR 36, reintroduced by Rep. Trent Franks, contains dangerous exceptions that allow babies...
Fetal Pain Bill (2013)
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, or Fetal Pain Bill, is a federal ban on abortion after 20 weeks when medical science shows a baby can experience pain in the womb. HR 1797, authored by Rep. Trent Franks, contains dangerous exceptions that allow babies...