The Georgia Supreme Court issued an order on Monday that allows a near-total abortion ban to remain in effect as the justices consider the state’s appeal of a ruling that struck down the law. The decision comes one week after a lower court ruled that the ban is 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.

Georgia’s Republican attorney general has appealed a judge’s ruling that struck down the state’s abortion ban. Attorney General Chris Carr’s office filed a legal motion Wednesday asking the Georgia Supreme Court to reinstate the law banning most abortions after the first six weeks or so of pregnancy while the court considers the state’s appeal.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has asked the state Supreme Court to allow Georgia’s six-week abortion ban to be enforced again while the state’s appeal is being considered. The six-week ban was tossed aside Monday when Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is asking the state's Supreme Court to reinstate its six-week abortion ban, after a county judge earlier this week ruled it unconstitutional.

Georgia’s Republican attorney general has appealed a judge’s ruling from earlier this week that struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Attorney General Chris Carr’s office is appealing the ruling to the state Supreme Court to reinstate the law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy while the court is considering the appeal.