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GRTL Legislative Priorities for 2009-2010

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HB 1155 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act

The bill would make it a crime for anyone attempting to coerce or solicit a female to abort based on the race or sex of her unborn child would be guilty of a crime.  It also would be a crime to perform an abortion, while knowing it was motivated by the baby’s race or sex.  Likewise, it would be a crime to perform abortions intended to control the population of a specific race or sex.Click here to Read More. To View the Legislation, Click Here.

HB 1178 The Patient's Right to Nutrition and Hydration Act

This legislation seeks to insure that no patient shall be denied food and hydration. It has been brought to the attention of Georgia Right to Life and our Legislature that there have been cases where patients have been denied basic food and hydration in order to speed up the dying process.This bill seeks, among other things, to establish the fact that the feeding tube should be considered ordinary care, not medical care. It should be considered ordinary care just like a cafeteria tray is necessary in bringing lunch to a patient. Click Here to Read More To Read the Legislation, Click Here.

SB 169 The Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act - Passed the Senate awaiting a hearing in the House in 2010 Session

SB 169 would recognize all human embryos as having the legal right to life and legal protection under the laws of the state of Georgia.
This bill would provide that it would be unlawful for any person or entity to intentionally or knowingly create or attempt to create an in vitro human embryo by means other than fertilization of a human egg by a human sperm. To read the bill, click here.

HB 388 Option of Adoption Act - Signed into Law

HB 388 would give all frozen embryos in the state of Georgia the chance to be adopted and the legal right to adoption in accordance with the child adoption laws of the state of Georgia. For the purpose of adoption the human embryo will be considered a child. Ultimately, it will give Georgia another opportunity to value human life even at the smallest stages. To read the bill, click here.

For more information about embryo adoption, check out www.embryoadoption.org .

Related News:

Survival Tale of an 'Embryo' called Noah by Heather Sells

Watch the story of two Embryos that were adopted in the movie clips below:

 

 

Something to Think About……“I think that there are other tissues that we have demonstrated in the last few years that if we will aggressively pursue the science in those areas I think we can absolutely do more to find a cure as rapidly through those methods as we can sacrificing Human Embryos for the sake of science. I am totally opposed!” -Governor Sonny Perdue
Channel 5 news WAGA 3/9/09

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