Jackson Admits He Would Go Further than Current Abortion Ban
New reporting from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Monday reveals that Rick Jackson is pushing new limits to Georgia’s already-extreme abortion ban, going even further than the current six week limit and indicating that he would not include exceptions – even for rape.
When asked his stance on abortion by a voter in Walton County, Jackson said that he would “basically make it against the law” and shared that he would pursue legal charges against doctors who provide reproductive healthcare. He also expressed support for banning abortion without exceptions in the case of rape. Listen to the audio clip here.
This is yet another example in Rick Jackson’s and Burt Jones’ long record of supporting dangerous abortion bans.
- Jackson has previously shared that he would “absolutely confirm” a total abortion ban if elected governor.
- Burt Jones also supports an outright ban on abortion, saying at a 2022 debate that he wants a “ban on all abortions, regardless of how far along the pregnancy is, how the pregnancy occurred or if the pregnancy risks the life of the mother.”
- And as a State Senator, Burt Jones voted in favor of Georgia’s extreme 2019 abortion ban, which bans abortion before most people even know they are pregnant.
Georgia has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. Abortion is currently illegal after six weeks of pregnancy, when most women don’t even know they’re pregnant. As a result:
- A 2024 ProPublica investigation uncovered that two Georgia women – Amber Thurman and Candi Miller – died as a direct result of Georgia’s six-week abortion ban – and both deaths were later deemed preventable by the state’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee.
- Georgia’s abortion ban has also threatened to worsen the state’s OBGYN shortage, with WSB-TV reporting that a 2025 survey of OBYGNs across the state revealed “doctors fearing prosecution for treating pregnancy-related emergencies, doctors leaving Georgia, and some [who] said they’ve stopped practicing altogether.”
- Georgia’s ban has also worsened the state’s maternal mortality crisis, with Emory University reporting that “Georgia’s maternal mortality rate is among the worst in the country and that “states that have restricted abortion have […] higher rates of maternal mortality and infant death, particularly among women of color.”
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