Category: politics

Shackling Pregnant Inmates in Georgia

Yesterday, Governor Kemp signed HB 481, more commonly known as the heartbeat bill. HB 481 effectively bans abortions after a heart beat is detected (approximately six weeks of gestation). Politicians in support of HB 481 argued that this is an important and necessary step for our state to take so that the unborn a...

Last Night, I Heard the President Address the Nation

Yesterday, I started my day at the bus station in Atlanta where I go several days a week to assist asylum seekers who have been released for ICE detention centers and are in route to meet their sponsors. Most have been released from McAllen, Texas and when I meet them in Atlanta, they have already spent between 24 and ...