ICYMI: Roe v. Wade anniversary sparks new abortion fight in Georgia [AJC]

WATCH: Georgia Democratic Party Video Slamming Anti-Abortion Republican Senate Candidates and Potential Candidates on Abortion

The anniversary of Roe v. Wade is putting a spotlight on Georgia’s extreme abortion ban and the anti-abortion agenda of Republicans running and considering running for U.S. Senate, according to new reporting from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Roe v. Wade anniversary sparks new abortion fight in Georgia 

• The new campaign comes as national Democrats also aim to refocus attention on the issue. A Senate forum is planned this week targeting a provision in the GOP-backed spending bill that would block Medicaid payments to abortion providers that received more than $1 million in federal reimbursements in 2024. The move could gut funding to Planned Parenthood.

• Three years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Georgia Democrats are ramping up efforts to spotlight abortion access — and target GOP Senate hopefuls who back new restrictions.

• The Democratic Party of Georgia is launching a campaign tied to Tuesday’s anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision ending the constitutional right to an abortion.

• The push includes news conferences in Atlanta and Savannah and a new minute-long ad out this morning that labels Georgia’s 2019 anti-abortion law “extreme and dangerous.”

• The ad also targets three prominent Republicans: U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins as well as Insurance Commissioner John King. They support the state’s abortion restriction and are either declared or potential U.S. Senate contenders against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff.

• The Democrat, meanwhile, has held his own hearing on Georgia’s abortion restriction — and recently released a survey of obstetricians that found many have delayed care because of the ambiguity of the state’s law.

• Gov. Brian Kemp and his Republicans allies have fiercely defended the state law, which is facing a legal challenge, as a way to ensure “the lives of Georgians at all ages are protected.”