Abortion is currently legal in Georgia up to 20 weeks after fertilization, but that could soon change with a ruling from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2019, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a new law into effect that bans most abortions six weeks or so after fertilization. The federal court indicated it would wait to rule on Georgia’s law until after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which it did last month.
Georgia’s Attorney General Chris Carr has requested the 11th Circuit to allow the new restrictive ban to go into effect.
The 11th Circuit has asked all parties to the Sistersong et al v. Kemp case to submit more materials by mid-July. A ruling could soon follow.
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