Overview

• Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that Georgia's six-week abortion ban violated women's rights to liberty and privacy under the state constitution.
• The decision reinstates a prior law allowing abortions up to the point of fetal viability, approximately 22 to 24 weeks into pregnancy.
• Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an appeal, asking the state Supreme Court to reinstate the ban while the appeal is considered.
• The ruling has prompted clinics in Georgia to begin accepting patients past six weeks of gestation, though the ban could be quickly reinstated.
• The outcome of this legal battle could influence abortion access across the South, where many states have stringent abortion laws.