Breaking news: A Fulton County judge has overturned Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, ruling that two key parts of the law “were plainly unconstitutional when drafted, voted upon, and enacted” and writing that the law cannot be enforced.
’s decades-old protections, allowing restrictions on the procedure in states with trigger laws to be implemented across the country.McBurney in his 15-page ruling said when the law took effect, “everywhere in America, including Georgia, it was unequivocally unconstitutional for governments — federal, state, or local — to ban abortions before viability.”
The decision adds new pressure on lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to advance either abortion restrictions or abortion protections. Kemp, who won re-election last week, could face pressure from anti-abortion advocates to further restrict the procedure in the state once legislative sessions reconvene. He beat Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams, who hadMeanwhile, the state’s Republican Attorney General Chris Carr won re-election last week, beating back a challenge from Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan.
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