Georgia

Pro-choice activists said they will go to court over a controversial bill which was signed into Georgia law on May 7. The HB481 bill bans abortions where a foetal heartbeat is detectable, which can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Similar laws have been passed in Ohio, Kentucky and Mississippi this year. Alabama’s state senate has delayed a vote on a similar bill following disagreements on the senate floor.

The British man who went on the run in 2018 while on bail for the killing of 24-year-old Charlotte Brown will be held in jail in Georgia while he awaits extradition to the UK. Jack Shepherd handed himself to police in Tbilisi, Georgie, after he skipped bail in 2018.

'At these painful moments.. they decided to attack.'