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House committee hears bill to codify right to contraception for women; no vote taken
Summary
A House committee held a hearing on a substitute to House Bill LC3398287 that would place language into the Georgia Code recognizing women’s right to use contraception. Supporters called it a routine codification of medical practice; members asked for clarifications and counsel. The sponsor said the panel will not vote at this meeting.
A House committee heard testimony on a substitute to House Bill LC3398287 that would add language to the Georgia Code stating that women have the right to use contraception, the bill sponsor said. The session was a hearing only; the sponsor said no vote would be taken at that meeting and that the committee may meet again to consider amendments.
The sponsor, identified in the transcript only as the bill author, told the committee she had “been very careful to define what conception means,” and said the bill’s definition of conception would be “the process of combining the male sperm with the female ovum” resulting in a fertilized ovum. She described contraception as “a method of inhibiting a…
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