Georgia high court reinstates ban on abortions after 6 weeks

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Doctors who had resumed providing abortions after six weeks had to immediately stop.Abortion advocates blasted the order, saying it will traumatize women who must now arrange travel to other states for an abortion or keep their pregnancies.“It is outrageous that this extreme law is back in effect, just days after being rightfully blocked,” said Alice Wang, an attorney with the Center for Reproductive Rights, which also represents plaintiffs in the case.EXPLAINER: Online privacy in a post-Roe worldFrance debates enshrining abortion rights in constitutionPope Francis IDs successor to conservative Providence bishopAfter midterms, states weighing abortion protections, bansMcBurney ruled the state’s abortion ban was invalid because when it was signed into law in 2019, U.S. Supreme Court precedent that was established by Roe v. Wade and another ruling had allowed abortion well past six weeks.Georgia’s ban first took effect in July, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade."

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