Georgia’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Can Take Effect, Court Rules (2)

A Georgia law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected can now be enforced, the Eleventh Circuit held Wednesday, citing the US Supreme Court’s ruling finding no constitutional right to the procedure.

Judges from the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated a lower court injunction on the state’s controversial abortion law, which prohibits the procedure around six weeks into pregnancy. The decision is the latest in a string of rulings from courts allowing state abortion bans to go into effect after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade.

Georgia Attorney General ...