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Judge Rules Georgia Abortion Ban Invalid

Judge Rules Georgia Abortion Ban Invalid
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney in Atlanta on May 2, 2022. Ben Gray/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
11/16/2022|Updated: 11/25/2022
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A judge in Georgia on Nov. 15 found the state’s ban on abortions unconstitutional and ordered authorities to stop enforcing it.

Georgia House Bill 481, known as the LIFE Act, declared that unborn children were living people with rights and banned abortions once a heartbeat was detected.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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