Judge rules Georgia’s restrictive abortion law unconstitutional

Around 80 people gathered at Liberty Plaza outside the Georgia State Capitol for a rally for reproductive rights on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. The rally was organized by SisterSong, which is the plaintiff in the lawsuit that led to Georgia's 2019 abortion law being struck down on Sept. 30. (Meimei Xu/WABE)

This story was updated on Monday, Sept. 30 at 6:21 p.m.

A state judge has again struck down Georgia’s roughly six-week abortion ban.

The 2019 law only took effect in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The controversial legislation, backed by Republicans and signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp, prohibited most abortions in Georgia after about six weeks, or when fetal cardiac activity is detected.