Inside The Possible Legal Challenges To Georgia’s Abortion Law

Organizations like the ACLU of Georgia are preparing their lawsuits in response to the state's new law, which bans most abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

Andrew Harnik / Associated Press

A legal fight over Georgia’s restrictive anti-abortion law is coming.

Groups were threatening to sue the state over the measure, which bans most abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, even before Governor Brian Kemp signed it into law in early May.

Now those organizations, like the ACLU of Georgia, are preparing their lawsuits. The group first threatened legal action against the measure when it made it through the state legislature.