Issue Position: Protecting the Vulnerable

Issue Position

Consistently endorsed by Georgia Right to Life and awarded the Georgia Life Alliance Pro-Life Seal, Senator William Ligon works to protect the sanctity of life from conception to natural death.

Senate Sponsor of Fetal Pain Bill to prevent abortions after 20 weeks (HB 954)

Co-sponsor of bill creating the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant program to increase opportunities for would-be mothers to choose life for their unborn children (SB 308)

Authored legislation to create study committee to address overuse of prescribed antidepressants and antipsychotics for children and the elderly (SR 489)

Authored bill to provide insurance rights for non-custodial parents to ensure they can obtain medical information on their children (SB 1)

Supported legislation to create drug repository program to accept and dispense unused prescription drugs to serve indigent and elderly patients (HB 897)

Supported legislation to deal with Georgia's sex trafficking crisis (SB 8 and SR 7)

Worked to secure funding for school safety measures (SR 935, HB 763)

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