At midnight Friday, the 2008 legislative session ended and for the first time in 3 years no blatant anti-women legislation passed, and a proactive piece of legislation, the Georgia Medical Privacy Act, was introduced and co-sponsored by 16 Senators. We owe our success to you!

A stranger than usual session, we faced some of the most dangerous attempts at restricting a woman's right to choose yet. From defining a fertilized egg as a "person" (in and out of the womb) to giving the death penalty to doctors who perform abortions to limiting minor's access to family planning services to stripping health insurance coverage of preventive and acute services that particularly effect women of childbearing age there seemed to be no limits to the extreme measures undertaken. Rep. Bobby Franklin even attempted to add anti-abortion language to legislation regulating dogs!

But, thanks to your calls, emails, visits, and support throughout this tumultuous session we were able to hold off these dangerous bills. We had over 120 people join us at the Capitol for our Women in the Halls program, sent almost 13,000 emails to targeted legislators, pro-choice supporters showed up in force for over 7 hours of testimony on HR 536, and countless others made calls and volunteered their time to make a difference for the women and men of Georgia. Thank you!