“It is a challenging, incredibly challenging situation for an unplanned or an unwanted pregnancy and we think that is certainly we want to take care of as best we can, but not at the expense of ending the life.” Rep. Newton. Representative Newton says this bill is a compromise “We have protection if the life of the mother is at serious threat. We have situations with heinous crimes where we’ve made some exceptions, with medical futility where we’ve made some adjustments, that everybody is not happy about,” said Rep. Newton “There was a saying awhile back about making abortions legal but rare and believe it or not abortions are still legal in Georgia up until there is a detectable heartbeat.”