Georgia Prenatal Equal Protection Act (HB-441)
On February 13, 2025, a monumental step was taken toward ending legalized abortion in Georgia when HB-441 – the Georgia Prenatal Equal Protection Act – was filed.
The Georgia Prenatal Equal Protection Act would provide equal protection and equal justice to children in the womb, with no exceptions. The same laws that currently exist to protect all people from murder would extend to protect the preborn from murder.
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution states: “…nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Protecting innocent life by law is a paramount duty of government.
The bill was assigned to the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee.
Read the Bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70313
Contact Legislators in Support of HB-441
You can do your part to end legalized abortion in Georgia by calling or emailing the committee members and urging them to vote HB-441 out of committee to the House for a vote, and then on to the Senate chamber for a vote.
Politicians need to hear and see the presence of the pro-personhood movement right now. After you contact legislators, please multiply your influence by sharing information about HB-441 with your family, church, and community.
Broad Support Across Georgia to End Legalized Abortion
HB-441 already has the support of the Georgians Ending Abortion coalition, a diverse coalition of legislators, citizens, pastors, community leaders, and post-abortive mothers and fathers around the state.
More than 10,000 people have signed the Georgia Personhood Amendment Petition (Previously HR-413) during 2023 and 2025 – which calls for a total ban on legalized abortion. SIGN THE PETITION HERE
According to God’s Word, Legalized Abortion Condones Murder
As a Christian organization, Georgia Right to Life is governed by the word of God, which prohibits abortion. God’s word plainly states that “God created man in his own image…” (Gen 1:27) and every preborn baby is a human person from its earliest beginning (Ps 139:13-16). The Bible prohibits the taking of innocent human life in the sixth commandment “Thou shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13).
Jeremiah 1:5 demonstrates that God knows the preborn in the same way he knows a person outside the womb. “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou came forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” To be consistent with God’s word, the laws which protect human beings who are born must equally protect those who are not yet born.
Finally, Matthew 22:30 says, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” The willful murder of millions of our innocent preborn neighbors is heinous in the sight of God — we are committed to seeing it end, by God’s grace and mercy.
Frequently Asked Questions about the Georgia Prenatal Equal Protection Act (GA-PEPA)
Why does Georgia need GA-PEPA?
Georgia needs PEPA to stop the killing of children in the womb. In 2023 alone, at least 30,856 innocent preborn babies were legally killed by abortion in Georgia. In 2022, the number was 35,401. Untold more died by self-administered abortion pills. Georgia DPH statistics for 2019 through 2022 indicate that abortion is on the rise showing a total of 35,401 abortions in 2022, up from 34,989 abortions in 2021.
Source: tinyurl.com/OasisStateGAUS
How is the GA-PEPA different/better than the current Georgia abortion law?
With the current abortion laws, children in the womb are being killed every day because of the loopholes and exceptions. In 2022, more preborn babies died by abortion than in 2021. “Pro-life” law, by definition, provides equal protection under the law for every preborn baby. It does not discriminate against a select class of preborn babies by identifying one class of preborn babies as legal to murder while another class is illegal to murder.
Why are people saying we should wait to pass any other bills until the Georgia Supreme Court rules on whether the current law will stand or be overturned?
This rhetoric has been used for the last 50 years. It’s never the “…right time to end abortion”. Let’s look at this question logically. There is no downside to having legislation that provides equal rights and justice for all preborn babies in Georgia.
If the court rules that the current law stands, then we have legislation in place that will close the loopholes and exceptions so that children in the womb are not being killed by legal abortion. If the court says the law is overturned, then we have legislation in place that will provide equal justice and equal rights for children in the womb.
Would the PEPA legislation cause miscarriages to be investigated, or make ectopic pregnancy surgery illegal?
HB-441 would provide that preborn babies in the womb receive the same legal protection as babies who are born. It would not cause miscarriages to be investigated or make ectopic pregnancy surgery illegal.
Does this legislation criminalize women?
No, laws criminalize actions not individual people. This legislation criminalizes the act of abortion and removes discriminatory provisions that allow abortion to continue.
About Georgia Right to Life
Since 1971, Georgia Right to Life has been working to promote respect and effective legal protection for all innocent human life from earliest biological beginning through natural death. Georgia Right to Life advances Personhood as the most effective pro-life strategy for the 21st century.
About Georgians Ending Abortion
Georgians Ending Abortion is a coalition of individuals, churches, and organizations formed in June 2022, at the time of the US Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson. Its purpose is to advance Personhood legislation and an amendment to the Georgia State Constitution.