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Abortion advocates in Georgia will hate this: the state’s highest court upheld the law that bars abortion after six weeks.
This is not the first time abortion advocates have tried to get rid of protection for unborn babies.
Relying on Roe v. Wade as “law in the land” in 2019, abortion advocates filed a lawsuit against Georgia, seeking to have the law overturned as unconstitutional. A lower court agreed and blocked the law in 2022. The case reached the Georgia Supreme Court.
The state’s highest court ruled that the lower court erred and remanded the case in light of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe. The court contended that Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) was the controlling case.
The lower court ruled against the state again on constitutional grounds, and the case went back to the state’s high court. Liberty Counsel (LC) announced that the Georgia Supreme Court vacated the lower court’s ruling. The law to protect unborn babies stands. From LC:
At least three other states have six-week “heartbeat” laws, such as Florida, Iowa, and South Carolina, which all have been upheld by their respective state supreme court.
The South Carolina Supreme court previously ruled against the state’s heartbeat law. Lawmakers drafted another bill, which became law. The state’s highest court upheld this one.
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