Doe v. Bolton,410 U.S. 179 (1973),was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States overturning the abortion law of Georgia. The Supreme Court's decision was released on January 22,1973,the same day as the decision in the better-known case of Roe v. Wade.
Diane Pamela Wood is an American attorney who serves as the director of the American Law Institute and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. She previously served as a circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Leonard Edwin Setzler is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party,he has been a member of the Georgia Senate since 2023. From 2005 until 2023,he represented the 35th district in the Georgia House of Representatives.
Robert Lewis Hinkle is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
The legality of abortion in the United States and the various restrictions imposed on the procedure vary significantly,depending on the laws of each state or other jurisdiction,although there is no uniform federal law. Some states prohibit abortion at all stages of pregnancy,with few exceptions;others permit it up to a certain point in a woman's pregnancy,while some allow abortion throughout a woman's pregnancy. In states where abortion is legal,several classes of restrictions on the procedure may exist,such as parental consent or notification laws,requirements that patients be shown an ultrasound before obtaining an abortion,mandatory waiting periods,and counseling requirements.
David Ralston was an American attorney and a Republican politician who was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2003 until his death. From 2010 onwards,he was also its 73rd Speaker of the House. Ralston was the longest-serving Republican Speaker in state history and the longest-serving Speaker of the Georgia General Assembly since Tom Murphy.
Brian Porter Kemp is an American politician serving since January 2019 as the 83rd governor of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party,Kemp served as the 27th secretary of state of Georgia from 2010 to 2018,and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 2003 to 2007.
Carlton Wayne Reeves is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and chair of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Jill Anne Pryor is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Pryor was born in Harrisburg,Pennsylvania.
Stacey Yvonne Abrams is an American politician,lawyer,voting rights activist,and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017,serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Abrams founded Fair Fight Action,an organization to address voter suppression,in 2018. Her efforts have been widely credited with boosting voter turnout in Georgia,including in the 2020 presidential election,when Joe Biden narrowly won the state,and in Georgia's 2020–21 regularly scheduled and special U.S. Senate elections,which gave Democrats control of the Senate.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in the U.S. state of Georgia since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26,2015. Attorney General Sam Olens announced that Georgia would "adhere to the ruling of the Court",and the first couple married just one hour after the ruling was handed down. Previously,Georgia had banned same-sex marriage both by statute and its State Constitution.
Bradford Jay Raffensperger is an American businessman,civil engineer,and politician serving as the Secretary of State of Georgia since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives,representing District 50.
Jean-Paul "J. P." Boulee is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the U.S. Senate to represent the state of Georgia. Incumbent Democratic senator Raphael Warnock won his first full term in office,defeating Republican former football player Herschel Walker. Under Georgia's two-round system,Warnock was re-elected in a runoff election on December 6 after neither candidate received over 50% of the vote on November 8. Warnock's win was the only statewide victory for Democrats in Georgia in 2022.
Steven Daniel Grimberg is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
The Georgia House Bill 481 was an American law passed in 2019 that sought to prevent physicians in the U.S. state of Georgia from performing abortions beyond six weeks,except in special situations. The bill was strongly criticized by supporters of pro-choice policies,but it was praised by many supporters of pro-life policies. Notably,many celebrities in Hollywood threatened to boycott the state of Georgia if it were passed. Passed in 2019,it was initially ruled unconstitutional in July 2020. That ruling was reversed,however,in July 2022.
Abortion in Georgia is legal up to the detection of embryonic cardiac-cell activity,which typically begins in the 5th or 6th week after the onset of the last menstrual period (LMP),two to three weeks after implantation,when many women are not yet aware that they are pregnant.
Fair Fight Action is an American political organization founded in 2018 by Stacey Abrams to address voter suppression in Georgia and across the United States.
In direct response to election changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 United States presidential election in Georgia;the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign launched numerous civil lawsuits contesting the election processes of Georgia. All of these were either dismissed or dropped.
Nancy Gbana Abudu is an American lawyer from Georgia who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
