Georgia’s Supreme Court reinstated a 6-week abortion ban, prohibiting the procedure about six weeks into pregnancy, while it considers a state appeal. This means Georgia’s 6-week abortion ban will is back in place on Monday, Oct. 7, as the court reviews an appeal to a lower court’s decision that expanded access to abortion.
The ruling comes less than a week after a Fulton County judge overturned the 6-week ban, stating it violates the state’s constitution. The judge ruled that the state could only ban abortion after fetal viability.
The 6-week ban was signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp, R-Ga., in 2019 but did not take effect until 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which had granted women a constitutional right to an abortion.
Now, abortion is regulated by each individual state.
Since the Supreme Court’s decision, about 20 states have implemented restrictions or near-total bans on abortion.
