On Monday, a Georgia judge invalidated the state’s six-week abortion prohibition.
The ban has been repealed, and abortions are now permissible up to viability, which is typically defined as 22 weeks of pregnancy, although earlier infants have survived outside the womb.
“That power is not, however, unlimited. When a fetus growing inside a woman reaches viability, when society can assume care and responsibility for that separate life, then — and only then — may society intervene.” Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his ruling on the matter.
Abortions were prohibited in Georgia after cardiac activity was detected, which typically occurred at approximately six weeks.
This is the second occasion on which Georgia’s six-week abortion prohibition has been invalidated.
The initial instance occurred in November 2022, shortly after the law was implemented in July of the previous year. Since 2019, the legislation had been impeded.
The state appealed the case to the Supreme Court of Georgia, which remanded it to Fulton County.
The number of abortions performed in Georgia each month was approximately half of what it was prior to the implementation of the ban.
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