Opposing sides of Georgia’s anti-abortion law speak out after judge rules ban unconstitutional

Kianta Key placed a hair bead on a makeshift altar set up as a tribute to Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller on Saturday near the state Capitol. Key said the hair bead represents the “beauty of who they were.” (Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder)

Abortion rights advocates are cheering Monday’s court ruling that brought back expanded services in Georgia, even as they brace for the likelihood that further judicial action could make it short-lived.

And supporters of Georgia’s six-week abortion ban hope they are right.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr’s office is appealing a Fulton County judge’s ruling that the law conflicts with the Georgia Constitution, putting it back in the hands of the Georgia Supreme Court. Carr’s office has not said whether the state will ask the state’s highest court to allow the ban to be enforced while an appeal is pending.