Reporter JennyJarvie spoke with staceyabrams, a former state representative who is weighing a bid to run for president, about Georgia’s new abortion ban and her call for opponents of the law to donate to local groups fighting for reproductive rights.
The Los Angeles Times asked Abrams, 45, a former state representative who is currently weighing a bid to run for president, about the law, the value of boycotts and California’s role in pushing for political change in the South. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
While I understand the calls for a boycott in Georgia, I'm going to follow a different path. I think the superior opportunity for Georgia, in the specific, is to actually use the entertainment industry's energy to support and fund the work that we need to do on the ground because Georgia is on the cusp of being able to transform our political system.
So they would benefit from a boycott, but they also are quietly trying to keep these companies here. That's one of the reasons you see the current governor of Georgia trying to go out under the cover of night to go andin California. He understands that investment in the state of Georgia, no matter where it comes from, helps families here in Georgia.
So while I am absolutely focused like a laser on Georgia, I also recognize that I'm part of a national battle for the rights of women. I don't care what state you're in. Stripping women of their rights is wrong. Whether the support for our efforts to overturn this law comes from the Deep South or the Midwest, or the West Coast, it is a common cause that we have together.
There is no need for compromise. Women have the right to control their bodies. What is happening now is an attempt to roll back bodily autonomy. What is happening now is an attempt to roll back a generation of history. And it is wrong on its face.
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