Federal Appeals Court Allows Immediate Six Week Abortion Ban In Georgia
“It is the constitutional duty of the Georgia Attorney General to defend our state’s laws. Today, our arguments have prevailed, meaning the Eleventh Circuit has allowed Georgia’s LIFE Act to take effect immediately,” said Georgia’s Attorney General Georgia Chris Carr, Republican. he said in a statement. A federal district court in 2020 had blocked state officials from implementing the law, which bans abortions when early heart activity is detected. The challenge to the law, which was signed in 2019 by Republican Gov....