CNA Staff, Jul 13, 2020 / 16:07 pm
A federal court on Monday said a Georgia state law that prohibits abortion anytime after the detection of a fetal heartbeat is unconstitutional.
The ruling came in a lawsuit against the 2019 law filed by state abortion providers and abortion advocacy group.
In his decision, U.S. District Judge Steve Jones wrote that "The Supreme Court has repeatedly and unequivocally held that under no circumstances whatsoever may a state prohibit or ban abortions at any point prior to viability."
Of the Georgia law, "The Court is left with no other choice but to declare it unconstitutional," Jones wrote.