Sherry Boston signed a joint statement and said she has no plans to prosecute abortion-related cases. | Sherry Boston, DeKalb County District Attorney/Facebook
Sherry Boston signed a joint statement and said she has no plans to prosecute abortion-related cases. | Sherry Boston, DeKalb County District Attorney/Facebook
Seven district attorneys in Georgia said they have no plans to prosecute abortion-related cases, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.
This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court recently moved to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that offered constitutional protections for women seeking an abortion.
The seven prosecutors in Georgia are among 84 across the country who released a statement through the Fair and Just Prosecution organization. The statement said they would "decline to use [their] offices' resources to criminalize reproductive health decisions and commit to exercise [their] well-settled discretion and refrain from prosecuting those who seek, provide, or support abortions."
DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis signed the joint statement, FOX 5 Atlanta reported.
"Anti-abortion laws endanger the lives and health of marginalized individuals whose access to safe abortion procedures will be restricted the most," Boston said. "Our focus should be on violent offenders and crimes that truly impact public safety and quality of life for the communities we serve."
Abortion currently remains legal in Georgia. But, the Supreme Court's decision is expected to directly impact the legal issues surrounding the state's so-called heartbeat bill. It was signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) in 2019, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.
Other Georgia district attorneys who signed the statement include Jason Williams of Augusta; Shalena Cook Jones of Chatham County; Dalia Racine of Douglas County; Patsy Austin-Gatson of Gwinnett County; David Cooke, formerly of the Macon Judicial Circuit; and Deborah Gonzalez of the Western Judicial Circuit (Athens).
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