Georgia native Dr. Aisvarya Panakam says she was eager to return home to finish her medical training after spending about a decade away from her home state.
But then came the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2022 that overturned federal abortion protections, upending the nation’s health care landscape and her own plans.
A month after the seismic ruling, Georgia’s 2019 abortion law took effect, banning most abortions after about six weeks into a pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant.
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