Appeals court lifts injunction blocking Georgia's 2019 abortion law

Abortion-rights activists took to the streets of Atlanta march to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court on June 25, 2022. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

This story was updated at 3:39 pm.

A federal court has ruled Georgia’s restrictive abortion law should be allowed to take effect.

Once implemented, Georgia will ban most abortions at about six weeks, before most people know they’re pregnant.