A Georgia judge has struck down the state’s abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy.

Two weeks after the deaths of two Georgia women highlighted the very real risks to maternal health posed by the state’s six-week abortion ban, a judge has thrown out that draconian law, declaring it unconstitutional in an astonishing ruling that drips with sarcasm and rage.

A state court judge on Monday blocked a Georgia law banning abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, finding it violated the rights to privacy and liberty guaranteed by the state constitution. The order from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney allows abortions to resume for now,

A judge has struck down Georgia’s ban on abortions at roughly six weeks, two years after the controversial law took effect.

A Georgia judge overturned the state's six-week abortion law, that was signed by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019, calling it "unconstitutional."

The law, which took effect in 2022 after the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade, banned abortion around six weeks of pregnancy in the battleground state.

The judge wrote that his ruling means the law in the state returns to what it was before the law took effect in 2022.

Monday's decision repealed Georgia’s law restricting access to abortion after six weeks, before many people become aware that they are pregnant.

A state judge struck down Georgia’s six-week abortion ban on Monday, saying it violated the state constitution — and allowing the procedure to be performed until the 22nd week of pregnancy. The law, signed by Gov.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his order that the law violates Georgia's Constitution, finding that “liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body.