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Salon
Salon
Politics
Nandika Chatterjee

Georgia abortion ban overturned

A Georgia judge struck down the state’s abortion law on Monday, ruling that the prohibition on abortions after six weeks is unconstitutional, CNN reported. 

In his ruling, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote that the state’s Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act, or LIFE Act, violates a woman’s state constitutional rights. The law had been challenged by the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Collective.

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