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Judge Rules Georgia’s Restrictive Abortion Law Unconstitutional

A state judge has again struck down Georgia’s roughly six-week abortion ban. Sam Gringlas | WABE September 30th, 2024

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The 2019 law only took effect in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The controversial legislation, backed by Republicans and signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp, prohibited most abortions in Georgia after about six weeks, or when fetal cardiac activity is detected.

In a 26-page ruling, Fulton Superior Judge Robert McBurney found Georgia’s law unconstitutional and ruled that it cannot be enforced. That means abortions can resume beyond six weeks, up until roughly 20 to 22 weeks of pregnancy.

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