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Judge blocks Georgia law banning abortion

Georgia Republicans rally to defend 'heartbeat bill' after court blocks abortion ban

Georgia Republican lawmakers are rallying in defense of the state’s controversial "heartbeat bill" after a judge declared the abortion ban unconstitutional earlier this week.

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Judge blocks Georgia law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy

A state court judge on Monday blocked a Georgia law banning abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, finding it violated the rights to privacy and liberty guaranteed by the state constitution. The order from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney allows abortions to resume for now,

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Georgia judge’s blocking of 6-week abortion law is ‘terrible step backwards,’ bishops say

In the 26-page ruling, Judge Robert McBurney said the six-week law and any pre-viability abortion restriction is arbitrary and unconstitutional.

Georgia's abortion ban struck down again; abortions can now be performed up to 22 weeks

Judge Robert McBurney of Superior Court of Fulton County in Atlanta ruled Sept. 30 that Georgia can no longer enforce its ...

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Judge strikes down Georgia's heartbeat abortion law; calls it unconstitutional

This comes after a ProPublica report said that at least two women died after they couldn't access legal abortions and timely ...

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Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on state's abortion law, death of Amber Thurman

Two Georgia lawmakers, both emergency-medicine doctors, say the state's law did not play a role in the tragic death of Amber ...

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Georgia’s bishops call abortion ruling a ‘terrible step backwards’

Georgia's bishops offered a statement Oct. 1, following the ruling that struck down Georgia’s LIFE Act. In it they ask for ...

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