Judge overturns Georgia's six-week abortion ban, ruling that it is not constitutional.
The law prevents abortions from performed once fetal cardiac activity can be defected, which typically occurs at about six weeks' gestation -- before many women know they're pregnant -- and redefines the word "person" in Georgia to include an embryo or fetus at any stage of development.
In this May 14, 2022, file photo, abortion rights protesters participate in nationwide demonstrations following the leaked Supreme Court opinion suggesting the possibility of overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in Atlanta.
"At that time -- the spring of 2019 -- everywhere in America, including Georgia, it was unequivocally unconstitutional for governments -- federal, state, or local -- to ban abortions before viability," McBurney wrote, referring to the original passage of the 6-week ban.Georgia's legislature has to pass a new law in the current political landscape, and "in the sharp glare of public attention," for it to be legal, the judge wrote.
Abortion rights activists celebrated the ruling, including Alexis McGill Johnson, the CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
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