Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux has received the endorsement of a leading national abortion rights group the day after a federal judge threw out Georgia's anti-abortion law.

NARAL Pro-Choice America on Tuesday announced the endorsement of Bourdeaux, a college professor, in Georgia’s 7th District race.

“Georgia already faces some of the worst restrictions on reproductive freedom, and Georgians deserve someone who will fight for them and stand up for the 77% of Americans who support legal access to abortion,” NARAL president Ilyse Hogue said. “Unlike her reckless anti-choice opponent Rich McCormick, Carolyn is a champion who will safeguard their fundamental freedom to make personal decisions about pregnancy, free from political interference.”

McCormick has been endorsed by Georgia Life Alliance, an anti-abortion group that helped pass the now overturned House Bill 481, which would have banned most abortions when a doctor can detect fetal cardiac activity, around six weeks of pregnancy.

In a questionnaire from the organization, the Republican emergency room physician said he supported the legislation.

Bourdeaux, who won the Democratic nomination last month, is making a second attempt to flip the Republican-held suburban Atlanta district narrowly losing to U.S. Rep. Bob Woodall in 2018. Bourdeaux has received support from other national organizations, including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Emily's List PAC.

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