The case will now return to a lower court to determine whether the 2019 law violates due process, equal protection and other rights inherent in the state Constitution.
The closed Savannah Medical Clinic, which provided abortions for four decades in Savannah, Ga., on July 21, 2022. Georgia’s six-week abortion ban will remain in place after the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the law is valid — a move that leaves abortion largely inaccessible in the South.
While Tuesday’s decision is not the final word on the state law, it was hailed by Kemp and his Republican Attorney General Chris Carr, who said his office will continue to defend the constitutionality of the law, known as the Georgia LIFE Act.Carol McDonald, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates, said in a statement that its health care centers in the region will remain open to provide the limited abortion care that is legal.
“This abortion ban has forced Georgians to travel across state lines at great expense or continue the life-altering consequences of pregnancy and childbirth against their wills,” she said.ruling last year made control over abortion laws a state issue. Abortion is now banned or heavily restricted in 18 states, including Georgia,Among these, 15 instated total bans, with very limited exceptions. Two others ban abortions at 12 weeks and onward.
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