Georgia state supreme court reinstates six-week abortion ban

Lower court's ruling overturning the ban put on hold while state supreme court considers an appeal

The Georgia state supreme court on Wednesday reinstated the state's ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy. The high court put a lower court ruling overturning the ban on hold while it considers an appeal.

A Fulton county superior court judge, Robert McBurney, ruled on 15 November that the state ban was invalid because when it was signed into law in 2019, US supreme court precedent under Roe v Wade and another ruling allowed abortion well past six weeks.