Women’s Right to Know

ACWC wants all women seeking abortion services make an informed decision. The Women’s Right to Know Act requires that a woman reads, or hears, the Women’s Right to Know Act 24 hours before her abortion.

The act can be read here.

https://dph.georgia.gov/womens-right-know-wrtk

• The Act requires that women who seek abortions be fully informed about relevant issues such as:
• Medical risks of abortion,
• Abortion methods and associated medical risks,
• The possible detrimental psychological effects,
• Medical risks of carrying a pregnancy to term,
• Probable gestational age of the fetus at the time the abortion is to be performed,
• Father's responsibility,
• Medical assistance benefits may be available to prenatal care, childbirth, and neonatal care
• Information on free ultrasounds