Hello, fellow law nerds.

Welcome to another episode of Boom Lawyered, a rewire.

Dot News podcast hosted by the legal journalism team that wants to push the Georgia legislature

out the window.

I'm Imani Gandhi. And I'm Jess Peeklo.

Rewire. News is dedicated to bringing you the best reproductive rights and social justice news,

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And the Team Legal podcast is part of that mission.

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We here at Team Legal have talked a lot about these so-called heartbeat bans.

Oh, so much.

So much. These are bills that ban abortion after six weeks, which is before many folks

even know that they're pregnant. We've written about it, we've podcasted about it, and we've

said time and time again that they are unconstitutional, pre-viability abortion

bans that are wildly unconstitutional. Did I mention that they're unconstitutional, Jess?

So unconstitutional. Super unconstitutional. But for some reason, state legislatures aren't listening

to us. They are continuing to ramp up their efforts to enact these near-total abortion bans,

which is what these fetal abortion bans, which is what

these fetal heartbeat bans actually are. And Georgia is the latest to jump on the near total abortion

ban train with one of the most strict bans passed by any state so far. And in some cases,

it's been up to state courts to come in and stymie these legislative efforts and block these

laws. And that's

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