Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is asking the state's Supreme Court to reinstate its six-week abortion ban, after a county judge earlier this week ruled it unconstitutional.

Georgia's Republican Attorney General Chris Carr has challenged a judge's overturning of the state's six-week abortion ban. On Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that the ban—which was instated in 2022 and effectively outlawed abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy—violated Georgia's state constitution.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is asking Georgia's Supreme Court to reinstate the six-week abortion ban while the court reviews the state's appeal.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has asked the state Supreme Court to allow Georgia’s six-week abortion ban to be enforced again while the state’s appeal is being considered. The six-week ban was tossed aside Monday when Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C.

Coming just two days after a judge struck down Georgia’s abortion ban, Georgia’s Republican attorney general is asking the state’s Supreme Court to reinstate the law banning most abortions after the first six weeks of pregnancy.

Georgia's Republican attorney general has appealed a judge's ruling that struck down the state's abortion ban.

Any changes to abortion policy in Southern states could have an impact that resonates beyond their borders. Most states in the region have bans in place, forcing women who are seeking abortion procedures to travel to obtain them.

ATLANTA − Georgia’s abortion ban has been struck down by a Fulton Superior Court judge, making the Peach State one of only two Southern states to allow abortion access after six weeks.  The 26-page decision Monday from Fulton Superior Judge Robert McBurney repealed Georgia’s Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act,

The state’s abortion law, which took effect in 2022, was deemed in violation of Georgia’s constitution. Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his order “liberty in Georgia includes ... the power of a woman to control her own body.

A Georgia judge struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban on Monday, in what advocates hope is a sign of growing energy for protecting reproductive rights in the judiciary across the country. The ruling “demonstrates the momentum that is