A bench trial over the state’s recently enacted abortion restrictions got underway Monday in Atlanta. It was the first of two days of hearings scheduled by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney.
The courtroom was packed as McBurney heard oral arguments both for and against the law known as H.B. 481, which has been in effect since July, around a month following the United States Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade abortion guarantees.
Georgia’s abortion law prohibits most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy, which is before many people know they’re pregnant. It includes exceptions for miscarriage, when the mother’s life is at risk and in cases of rape and incest if a police report is filed.
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