Opponents of a Georgia law that bans abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy have asked a judge to prevent the law from going into effect while they challenge it in court.
The legislation, which is among the nation's strictest abortion law and bans abortion before many women even know they are pregnant, is set to start being enforced on Jan. 1, 2020.
Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rightsin Atlanta on behalf of Georgia abortion providers and reproductive rights advocates, calling the law unconstitutional. On Tuesday, the organizations filed a brief asking the court to block the ban while the case makes it way through court, reaffirming their stance that the ban is in violation of the 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision that federally legalized abortion.
"It is an affront to the dignity and health of Georgians," the plaintiffs wrote in their motion for preliminary injunctive relief, adding that the law would disproportionately affect health outcomes of low-income and rural Georgians, as well as women of color, particularly in a state that
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