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Why doesn’t Georgia’s abortion ban take effect until 2020? Because it categorizes fetuses as “minor dependents” under the Internal Revenue Code and a tax alteration can’t take effect until the next calendar year. slate.com/news-and-polit… 
If the Georgia law takes effect, the fetuses of undocumented immigrants will receive government benefits—but the women carrying these fetuses won’t be able to use the aid themselves. slate.com/news-and-polit…
Georgia will have to figure out how to provide the fetuses of undocumented immigrants with government benefits, while preventing the women carrying those fetuses from using the benefits in any way. slate.com/news-and-polit…
This isn’t speculation—it’s the opinion of Georgia’s Office of Legislative Counsel.
The consequences of this bill are mind-boggling, and we are only beginning to grasp them. Republicans appear to have little understanding of what they just did.
slate.com/news-and-polit…
The consequences of this bill are mind-boggling, and we are only beginning to grasp them. Republicans appear to have little understanding of what they just did.
slate.com/news-and-polit…
