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ATLANTA— Today State Representative Tom Graves (R-Ranger) announced the “Jobs, Opportunity, and Business Success Act of 2009.” This Act is comprised of House Bills 481 and 482. This legislation provides an economic recovery plan for Georgia’s economy by providing an economic environment that encourages opportunity, productivity, and innovation. Continue reading “Jobs, Opportunity and Business Success Act of 2009”
ATLANTA – House Resolution 21 passed out of the State Planning and Community Affairs Committee in the Georgia House of Representatives today by a vote by a 7-1. Continue reading “HR 21 to Re-Create Milton County Passes Out of Committee”
ATLANTA – Today Representatives Howard Maxwell (R- Dallas) and Mark Butler (R- Carrollton) congratulated their constituents who were recently appointed to the Middle Chattahoochee Regional Water Council. This is one of ten regional water councils created by the Comprehensive Statewide Water Management Plan, which was approved by the General Assembly in 2008. Continue reading “Representatives Maxwell and Butler Congratulate Appointees to Regional Water Council”
By State Representative Sharon Cooper (R) HD 41
Everyone, since we’ll all be patients eventually, needs to pay attention to the most lobbied issue before the Georgia Legislature. SB 49 eliminates the Georgia Board of Nurses’ (GBON) authority to maintain Georgia’s standards for registered nurses (RNs). Excelsior College, a non-traditional New York program, the only nursing program in the United States with no supervised clinical training[1], is pushing this bill. Continue reading “Patients of Georgia Pay Attention!”
ATLANTA— Today State Representative James Mills (R-Gainesville) introduced House Bill 388, also know as “The Option of Adoption Act.” This bill will allow prospective parents to adopt human embryos.
“Under Georgia’s current laws, a woman could implant an embryo and carry it to term, only to have the biological parents reassert their parental rights when she goes into labor. That’s not fair, and it’s a risk that most people are unwilling to take. The Option of Adoption Act would fix that problem and protect a woman’s parental right should she choose to adopt and implant an embryo,” said Rep. Mills.
The Option of Adoption Act would provide procedures for embryo adoption so that the genetic mother and father can relinquish their rights to embryos before birth. Once the genetic parents have signed a written surrender of parental rights, an embryo could be transferred to its adoptive parents according to the adoption laws in Georgia.
“Human embryo adoption is a great way to give infertile couple’s another option in their quest to become parents. I hope that this legislation gives them the confidence to choose this form of adoption,” said Rep. James Mills.
According to a recent study, there are approximately 10,000 human embryos in cryopreservation.
HB 388 is cosponsored by Majority Leader Jerry Keen (R- St. Simons), Rep. Ben Harbin (R- Evans), Rep. Melvin Everson (R- Snellville), Rep. Len Walker (R- Loganville), and Rep. Ed Setzler (R- Acworth).
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