A Fulton County judge is expected to issue an order soon that could block Georgia’s recently enacted 2019 abortion law. A lawsuit challenging the law got underway Monday in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit against H.B. 481 — which bans the procedure with few exceptions after around six weeks of pregnancy — on behalf of Georgia abortion-rights groups, OB-GYN physicians and abortion providers.
Judges at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the law to take effect earlier this summer shortly after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade abortion guarantees.
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