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Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates Six-Week Abortion Ban

10.07.24 (PRESS RELEASE) — The Supreme Court of Georgia issued a ruling today staying a trial court decision striking down H.B. 481, a ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy — before many people even know they’re pregnant. The ruling goes into effect at 5 p.m. today, reinstating Georgia’s abortion ban just one week […]

Georgia Court Rules State Constitution Protects Abortion, Blocks Six-Week Ban

09.30.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – The Superior Court of Fulton County issued a ruling today finding that the Georgia Constitution prohibits political interference with an individual’s abortion decision before viability. Based on that ruling, the court permanently enjoined H.B. 481 — a ban on abortion beginning at approximately six weeks of pregnancy — allowing people to […]

Comment on Death of Amber Thurman

9.16.24 (PRESS STATEMENT)—Today, ProPublica reported that multiple women in Georgia have died as a result of the state’s six-week abortion ban. Georgia’s maternal mortality review committee found that these deaths were preventable. One of the women—Amber Thurman—died from a fatal infection after the hospital refused to allow doctors to intervene until it was too late. […]

Georgia Supreme Court Allows Six-Week Abortion Ban to Remain in Effect as Legal Challenge Continues

10.24.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — The Georgia Supreme Court issued a ruling today that allows H.B. 481, a ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy, to remain in effect. The court’s majority opinion disregards long-standing precedent that a law violating either the state or federal Constitution at the time of its enactment is void […]

Center Argues to Protect Abortion Rights Under State Constitutions

Arguments scheduled in South Carolina and Georgia cases challenging abortion bans.

Georgia State Court Denies Request to Block Six-Week Abortion Ban

08.15.22 — (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Superior Court of Fulton County refused to block Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, allowing the state to continue criminalizing essential health care. The law bans abortion just two weeks after a person’s first missed period and before many people even know they are pregnant. The ruling comes after Georgia abortion providers […]

Georgia Doctors and Advocates File New Challenge to Six-Week Abortion Ban in State Court

07.26.2022 — (PRESS RELEASE) Georgia abortion providers and advocates filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Fulton County today bringing a state constitutional challenge against H.B. 481, a law banning abortion at approximately six weeks of pregnancy — just two weeks after a person’s first missed period and before many people even know they […]

Georgia Six-Week Abortion Ban to Take Effect

UPDATE: In a highly unorthodox move, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an immediate stay of a lower court’s injunction of Georgia’s six-week ban, rather than waiting the normal 28-day period for the official mandate to be issued. This means the state’s six-week ban takes effect today, pushing abortion out of reach for Georgians […]