After reviewing an appeal from a lower court decision that had thrown out the law, the Georgia Supreme Court renewed the state’s ban on abortions after 6 weeks.
Although the top court is still working on the case, the six-week ban will still be in place. According to it, the six-week ban is in fact “unconstitutional,” and abortions should continue after six weeks.
With the ban back in place, women in Georgia will not be able to get an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
The United States Supreme Court rejected Roe v. Wade in 2022, and around the same time, Georgia passed a rule that made most abortions illegal once cardiac movement is known to have been present.
Judge Robert McBurney of Fulton County Superior Court wrote an appeal order last week that tried to get rid of the ban. He said, “The State’s interest in guarding ‘unborn’ life is strong, but until that life can be supported by the State, the rights balance is in favor of the woman.”
After McBurney’s appeal, Governor Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) made a comment.
“In this case, the personal views of one judge have once again taken precedence over the will of the people of Georgia and their officials. One of our most important jobs is to protect the lives of the weakest people, and Georgia will continue to be a state where we fight for the unborn,” he said.
The Georgia Supreme Court has not said how long it will take to look at the case.
Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, talked to reporters on Monday, after the Georgia Supreme Court put the ban back in place.
Jean-Pierre told reporters, “We’re going to keep calling out these extreme plans that we see coming from the other side, from Republicans. We need to stress how dangerous this is. And how women no longer have this choice.”
