Letter to the editor: Contraception should make abortion argument moot - Gainesville Times

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Letter to the editor: Contraception should make abortion argument moot

Abortion rights and anti-abortion demonstrators display their signs in the lobby of the Georgia State Capitol building Friday, March 22, 2019, during the 35th legislative day in downtown Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) - photo by Associated Press

03232019 ABORTION 1.jpg — Abortion rights and anti-abortion demonstrators display their signs in the lobby of the Georgia State Capitol building Friday, March 22, 2019, during the 35th legislative day in downtown Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) - photo by Associated Press

As of Jan. 1, 2020, Georgia HB 481 bans abortions once a heartbeat is detected by a physician at about 6 weeks of fetal development and prior to many women even knowing that they are pregnant.