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Monica Simpson, the executive director of SisterSong, speaks at a press conference in 2019 discussing her organization’s challenge of Georgia’s anti-abortion law. The group has joined a new effort to challenge the law. Christina Matacotta/christina.matacotta@ajc.com

Abortion providers take challenge of ban on procedure to state courts
Members of the Gwinnett County Board of Registrations and Elections discuss challenges to the eligibility of dozens of voters July 20 at the county's Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville. (Chris Day/Christopher.Day@ajc.com)

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Voter vs. voter: Georgia conservatives target thousands for cancellation
This is a Georgia Milestones Assessment bulletin board at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School on April 19, 2022. Teachers and faculty create the bulletin boards about a month before testing as a way to motivate and encourage students. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Georgia students show progress on state’s Milestones tests
State Rep. Ed Setzler, the sponsor of Georgia's 2019 anti-abortion law said that a part of the measure giving embryos "personhood" status means that the statute has an impact “across Georgia code.” He said: “Moms who are pregnant can now get child support from dads for all pregnancy-related expenses. Families who are expecting (a child) have a dependent minor when they file their income taxes. Moms who are driving in the HOV lane, they get to ride in the HOV lane because there’s two human beings in the car. There’s a recognition of that."

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What does ‘personhood’ look like? Many Georgia agencies don’t know yet
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The Georgia House voted mostly along party lines, 96-68, on Monday , November 22, 2021, to send the congressional redistricting map to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature. The new redistricting map will help Republicans to obtain victories before a single vote is cast in next year’s elections. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Georgia bill tracker 2022
The gold dome of Georgia’s Capitol. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Issues to watch in the 2022 session
06/26/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) watches as Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to members of the House Chambers on Sine Die, day 40, of the legislative session in Atlanta, Friday, June 26, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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The players to watch in the 2022 legislative session
Legislators return to the Georgia Capitol on Monday to open the 2020 session of the General Assembly. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

How the AJC covers the Georgia Legislature
November 21, 2020 Atlanta - Pro-Trump protesters, some with flags and signs, attend a rally against the results of the U.S. presidential election outside the Georgia State Capitol on Saturday, November 21, 2020. Several different groups converged at the Capitol for a rally to show support for and against President Donald Trump. (Photo: Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Inside the campaign to undermine Georgia’s election
The Georgia House voted mostly along party lines, 96-68, on Monday , November 22, 2021, to send the congressional redistricting map to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature. The new redistricting map will help Republicans to obtain victories before a single vote is cast in next year’s elections. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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What you need to know about Georgia’s General Assembly
November 19, 2021 Atlanta - Sen. Elena Parent (D-Atlanta) speaks in opposition of SB 2 EX, newly-drawn congressional maps, in the Senate Chambers during a special session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Friday, November 19, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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How redistricting reshaped Georgia politics
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The special grand jury that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis assembled to investigate then-President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia has identified 16 fake Republican electors as targets of the investigation. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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Capitol Recap: Georgia’s fake electors now targets in 2020 election probe
Abrams plays offense after Georgia’s anti-abortion law takes effect
Court allowed Georgia’s abortion ban to take effect. What now?
With 2022 election hanging in balance, Georgia abortion limits take effect
Chloe Hultman attends an abortion rights rally at the Georgia Capitol on Friday, June 24, 2022. The protest follows the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Federal court says Georgia’s anti-abortion law can now be enforced
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Georgia ban on giving snacks to voters challenged in federal court
Georgia colleges could be torn between federal, state laws on abortion
After declining for two decades, 2021 marks the fourth consecutive year the rate of reported abortions increased in Georgia. Miguel Martinez /miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Georgia’s abortion rate continues to rise as state awaits decision on new law
Legal arguments in judges’ hands as Georgia awaits abortion ruling
Capitol Recap: Top of Georgia Democrats’ ticket rakes in big cash
Most eligible Georgians have gotten state income tax rebate
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams greet each other at a 2020 event.

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Monica Simpson, the executive director of SisterSong, speaks at a press conference in 2019 discussing her organization’s challenge of Georgia’s anti-abortion law. The group has joined a new effort to challenge the law. Christina Matacotta/christina.matacotta@ajc.com

Abortion providers take challenge of ban on procedure to state courts
Members of the Gwinnett County Board of Registrations and Elections discuss challenges to the eligibility of dozens of voters July 20 at the county's Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville. (Chris Day/Christopher.Day@ajc.com)

Credit: Chris Day

Voter vs. voter: Georgia conservatives target thousands for cancellation
This is a Georgia Milestones Assessment bulletin board at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School on April 19, 2022. Teachers and faculty create the bulletin boards about a month before testing as a way to motivate and encourage students. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

Credit: Natrice Miller / Natrice.Miller@ajc.com

Georgia students show progress on state’s Milestones tests
State Rep. Ed Setzler, the sponsor of Georgia's 2019 anti-abortion law said that a part of the measure giving embryos "personhood" status means that the statute has an impact “across Georgia code.” He said: “Moms who are pregnant can now get child support from dads for all pregnancy-related expenses. Families who are expecting (a child) have a dependent minor when they file their income taxes. Moms who are driving in the HOV lane, they get to ride in the HOV lane because there’s two human beings in the car. There’s a recognition of that."

Credit: Bob Andres/bandres@ajc.com/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

What does ‘personhood’ look like? Many Georgia agencies don’t know yet
The special grand jury that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis assembled to investigate then-President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia has identified 16 fake Republican electors as targets of the investigation. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

Capitol Recap: Georgia’s fake electors now targets in 2020 election probe
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams holds a press conference Wednesday about abortion following a federal appeals court ruling that allowed Georgia’s restrictive abortion law to take place. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Abrams plays offense after Georgia’s anti-abortion law takes effect
A person looks at materials at the National Right to Life booth at the National Right to Life Convention at the Airport Marriott Hotel in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Court allowed Georgia’s abortion ban to take effect. What now?
Gov. Brian Kemp, who once boasted the state’s anti-abortion law was the nation’s “toughest,” said Wednesday that he was “overjoyed” that the court’s ruling paved the way for the implementation of the law. (Natrice Miller / Natrice.Miller@ajc.com)

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With 2022 election hanging in balance, Georgia abortion limits take effect
Chloe Hultman attends an abortion rights rally at the Georgia Capitol on Friday, June 24, 2022. The protest follows the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Federal court says Georgia’s anti-abortion law can now be enforced
Health care
Anti-abortion protestors picket along a sidewalk in downtown Atlanta in 1971. That year, there were 1,580 recorded legal abortions in Georgia, as allowed by the state's 1968 abortion law. (Charles Pugh / AJC archive at GSU Library AJCP178-009i)

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Georgia and abortion without Roe: Comparing 1972 and today
A Preferred Women’s Health Center in Forest Park, Georgia remained open Thursday after the law banning abortions after detecting cardiac activity went into effect Wednesday. A sign near the entrance, however, said that the law will “most likely affect your care today” and encouraged patients to register to vote.

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Abortion clinics scramble as Georgia’s restrictive new law takes hold
The main entrance of Feminist Women's Health Center in metro Atlanta on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Abortion appointments canceled as Georgians react to court ruling
A person looks at materials at the National Right to Life booth at the National Right to Life Convention at the Airport Marriott Hotel in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Court allowed Georgia’s abortion ban to take effect. What now?
Economy
Abortion rights protesters rally near the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on May 14, 2022. A federal appeals court on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law should be allowed to take effect. The Georgia law bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. (Ben Gray /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

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Big Georgia companies keep mum after divisive abortion ruling
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Rising costs in the construction industry forced the Georgia Department of Transportation to reject an unusually high number of bids for road work recently. (AJC file photo)

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High prices lead GDOT to reject bids for some road work
A construction worker walks by Plant Vogtle's Unit 4 on Tuesday, Dec 14, 2021, in Waynesboro, Georgia. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”`

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