"I was pleased that the supreme court did put the judge's ruling on hold and say that the law could be and should be back in effect," says Carol Tobias of National Right to Life Committee (NRLC). "That only made sense. You can't have a county judge overruling a state supreme court decision."
The order from the state’s highest court came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibits abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Sept. 30 that privacy rights under Georgia's state constitution include the right to make personal healthcare decisions. At the time, Tobias called the ruling ridiculous, and said it came from a rogue judge.
Tobias: 'Stick with what we've got'
"It would be wonderful for people to be praying the Georgia Supreme Court would stick with their previous ruling," says Tobias. "They've already determined that this law is constitutional, which is why it was so bizarre that Judge McBurney thought he could overrule the state Supreme Court."
The Georgia Supreme Court made this decision after an appeal from state Attorney Gen. Chris Carr, a Republican. Pointing to that, Tobias says it's all the more reason that people vote in the right candidates, and not just attorneys general but governors and secretaries of state, among others.
"Pro-abortion, usually Democrat attorneys general around the country gather together and decide that they're going to go after some pro-life effort, and they've been very vocal in wanting to shut down pregnancy centers," says Tobias. "So, absolutely, the attorney general spot is critical to make sure that we have good men and women holding those spots in all the different states.”
