Two high courts dealt blows to abortion rights advocates on Monday in decisions affecting abortion access in Georgia and Texas — rulings that could have an impact on Democrats’ attempts to narrow leads in both states before the November elections.
In Georgia, the state Supreme Court reinstated the state’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. That ruling came roughly one week after a lower court ruled that the state must revert to previous rules banning abortion after about 22 weeks of pregnancy.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a Biden administration appeal of a lower court decision that limited the ability of hospitals to provide emergency abortions that go against Texas’ abortion law, effectively leaving the Texas law in effect.
