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August 4, 2022

Biden Signs Executive Order Supporting Patients Who Travel for Abortion Care
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President Biden has signed an executive order to help patients seeking
abortions to travel to states that still allow the procedure. Biden
signed the order as Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic bill to
protect abortion care providers from violent threats and attacks.

Meanwhile, Georgia's Department of Revenue said this week it will allow
state residents to claim fetuses and embryos as dependents - a tax
deduction worth up to $3,000. In June, a federal appeals court upheld a
Georgia law defining a developing embryo as a "person" as soon as fetal
cardiac cells begin activity, typically around six weeks of pregnancy.


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