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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Georgia’s six-week abortion ban is reinstated one week after judge struck down law

AP

A one-page order from Georgia’s Supreme Court has reinstated the state’s ban on abortion at roughly six weeks of pregnancy, overturning a lower-court ruling that struck down the ban just one week ago.

The ruling on 23 November puts the lower-court ruling on hold while the state’s high court considers the full appeal. Seven of the nine justices on the court agreed to the decision.

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