Once Blocked, Georgia’s 20-Week Abortion Ban Can Now Be Enforced

Luis Hidalgo / associated press file

When rules change governing abortion, either by a legislative act or court ruling, it often makes national headlines.

That didn’t happen when Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams issued her decision on Oct. 30.

Her ruling effectively changed how late women in Georgia could terminate their pregnancy — from 24 weeks to 20. And the response was crickets.