11th Circuit gives green light to Georgia six-week abortion ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : In a statement, Planned Parenthood emphasized that abortion remains legal in Georgia for now.
46% : Enforcement of the law means that most abortions will no longer be allowed in Georgia once fetal cardiac activity can be found, typically around six weeks of pregnancy and before most people know they are pregnant.
45% : Until then, abortion remains legal in Georgia up to 21 weeks and six days of pregnancy, as dated from a patient's last menstrual period," the statement says.
40% : The decision allowing the law to go into effect has been expected since the Supreme Court issued its June ruling in Dobbs, finding that there is no constitutional right to abortion and overturning Roe v. Wade.
33% : Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, who sued to block the law on behalf of abortion providers and advocates, called the recent rulings on abortion "shameful" and "horrifying.""Once today's court order takes effect, Gov. Kemp and his radical political allies will be able to force Georgians to carry pregnancies and give birth against their will, with profound medical risk and life-altering consequences," said Julia Kaye, staff attorney, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project.
32% : A three-judge panel of the Atlanta-based appeals court ruled Wednesday that since the Dobbs decision established that abortion is not protected by any constitutional provision, laws attempting to regulate abortion should be upheld if there is a rational basis for the legislature's belief that the regulation would serve "legitimate state interests."
32% :The decision does not mean that abortion is immediately banned in Georgia after six weeks.

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