Gov. Brian Kemp signed Georgia’s restrictive abortion bill into law in early May, but the fight over H.B. 481 or the “heartbeat bill” is far from over.
Civil and reproductive rights groups, such as the ACLU of Georgia, have promised to sue over the law, which bans most abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
Both abortion rights supporters and opponents see that legal fight making it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and potentially challenging existing abortion protections.
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