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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jeff Amy

Georgia justices order new look at whether lawsuit challenging near-ban on abortion can proceed

US Abortion Georgia - (Ben Gray 2022)

A lawsuit challenging Georgia's near-ban on abortion is headed back to a trial court to decide if the people who want to overturn the law have legal standing to sue.

The Georgia Supreme Court voted 6-1 on Thursday to require the trial court judge to re-examine standing issues, citing its own January decision that changed state law on who is qualified to sue.

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