Breaking: Georgia's six-week abortion ban overturned as unconstitutional
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/15/georgia-abortion-ban-overturned
A judge overturned Georgia’s ban on abortion starting around six weeks into a pregnancy, ruling on Tuesday that it violated the US constitution and US supreme court precedent when it was enacted.
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The ruling by Judge Robert McBurney of Fulton county superior court applies statewide. The ban had been in effect since July.
It prohibited most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. Cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound in cells within an embryo that will eventually become the heart as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. That means most abortions in Georgia were in effect banned at a point before many women knew they were pregnant.
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