The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the state’s six-week abortion ban while it reviews an appeal from the state of a lower court ruling that had struck down the law.
The state Supreme Court's decision, however, left in place the lower court’s ruling blocking a separate provision of the law that had given state prosecutors broad access to the medical records of abortion patients without due process protections.
The state's near-total abortion ban, known as the LIFE Act, was signed by Republican Gov.
Brian Kemp in 2019 but didn’t take effect until July 2022, after it faced a legal challenge and the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Last week, a judge in Fulton County, Georgia, struck down the state’s six-week abortion, allowing the procedure to resume and almost immediately making it legal up to 22 weeks of pregnancy.
Persons:
Brian Kemp, Roe, Wade, Robert McBurney, ” McBurney, Court’s, —, Amber Nicole Thurman, Candi Miller, Kamala Harris, Miller, Thurman, ProPublica, Kwajelyn Jackson, ’, Jaylen Black, Amber Thurman, ”
Organizations:
Georgia Supreme, LIFE, Republican Gov, U.S, Women’s Health Center
Locations:
Georgia, U.S ., Fulton County , Georgia, Fulton County