Georgia judge strikes down state’s abortion ban, allowing care to resume

Fulton county judge issues order that abortions must be regulated as they were before law took effect in 2022

A Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state's six-week abortion ban, ruling that the ban is unconstitutional and blocking it from being enforced.

In a 26-page opinion, the Fulton county superior judge Robert McBurney ruled that the state's abortion laws must revert to what they were before the six-week ban - known as the Life Act - was passed in 2019. The ban was blocked as long as Roe v Wade was the law of the land, but went into effect after the US supreme court overturned Roe in 2022.