Atlanta, GA — Yesterday State Rep. Emory Dunahoo (District 31) reintroduced his Prenatal Equal Protection pro-life bill for the 2025-2026 term, this time as H.B. 441. We commend him for continuing to take the lead on pushing for equal protection for all — as the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires! — including the pre-born from the moment of conception, which is fertilization.
Fertilization is the moment a baby becomes a growing, living human with a unique human DNA from the child’s parents.
The number of legislators who co-sponsored the legislation increased considerably from the previous term. This year 22 Republican legislators have co-sponsored the Prenatal Equal Protection Act! GRA-endorsed Reps. Charlice Byrd and Noelle Kahaian were among the House sponsors, along with Mitchell Horner (District 3), Joseph Gullett (District 19), David Clark (District 100), and 17 others. The legislative web site only shows the first six signatories, but you can see the full list below.
Of course, the GRA does not evaluate legislators on only one issue, but this is a remarkable improvement of support for Georgia’s premiere pro-life legislation. Most notably, a large percentage of the legislative co-sponsors (at least seven of them) on the bill reside in the 14th Congressional District. The 14th District GA GOP has passed several strong pro-life resolutions over the last few years at their district conventions, so maybe resolutions make a bigger difference than some would like us to think.
H.B. 441 simply seeks to bring Georgia law into conformity with the Georgia Republican Party Platform on this issue. Read what the platform says here.
Now we will see if Speaker Jon Burns (District 159) assigns the bill to Rep. Sharon Cooper’s (District 45) Public and Community Health Committee again to die without a vote as they did in the last term.