Judge overturns Georgia’s ban on abortion after six weeks

That means most abortions in Georgia were effectively banned at a point before many women knew they were pregnant.

(AP)

A judge has overturned Georgia’s ban on abortion starting around six weeks into a pregnancy, ruling that it violated the US Constitution and US Supreme Court precedent when it was enacted.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney’s ruling applies statewide. The ban had been in effect since July.