Several district attorneys said they would not use a Georgia "heartbeat law"—expanding the concept of personhood—to prosecute women seeking abortion or their doctors or other helpers. But other DAs said they would.
Key to the decision was a Georgia law that prevents health care contracts from being terminated without 150 days' notice during a public health emergency.
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