Georgia Embryo Legislation Update - It's Not Over Yet!
Rules Committee passes SB 169 - heads to a full Senate vote TODAY! According to Resolve, they have issued the following statement:
Georgia Bill to restrict IVF patients goes to Senate vote.
Add Your Voice to Stop This Bill This Week!
UPDATE: On Wednesday, March 11 the Georgia Senate Rules Committee passed SB 169, sending it to the full Senate for a vote. The vote will take place sometime Thursday, March 12. There will be no testimony from the public allowed.
GA RESIDENTS we URGE you to act today, March 12:
1. Continue to call, write and fax every Georgia Senator. If you already sent a letter, send another one! To send a NEW letter to every Senator, click here.
2. Call every Senator and tell them "I oppose SB 169". For a list of Senators, follow this link, then click on each Senator's name to find their office phone number. http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/senate/senatelist.php
3. Come to the Capitol! We urge you to come today, March 12 between 10:00 AM and 7:00 PM. Come to the 3rd floor and you will receive further instructions. Click here for more details about how to prepare.
In addition, according to AJC, the House has passed the following bill:
"The state House on Thursday passed a bill that could make Georgia the first state in nation to provide adoption of human embryos.
House Bill 388 passed in a 96 to 66 vote that fell mostly, but not entirely along party lines. Most Republicans voted for it, most Democrats voted against.
State Rep. James Mills (R-Gainesville), the bill’s author, presented the Option to Adoption Act as a safeguard against mothers who agree carry the fetuses of infertile couples from refusing to give up the infants after birth.
Some opponents characterized the bill as a back door attempt to outlaw abortion.
One conservative Republican, state Rep. Bobby Franklin (R-Marietta) argued that the bill amounts “to openly trafficking (embryonic) humans to the adoption market.”
But state Rep. Mike Jacobs (R-Dunwoody), a co-sponsor, disputed both arguments.
“There is no hidden agenda here,” said Jacobs. “This is a good pro-family bill.”
What are your thoughts on this legislation in Georgia obviously in response to the "Octomom?"
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