Federal Court Rules Georgia Heartbeat Law Can Go Into Effect, Saving Babies from Abortions

A federal appeals court ruled today that Georgia will become the next state to ban aboritons. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the state’s heartbeat law can go into effect, saving babies with beating hearts from abortions.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Georgia officials asked a federal court to remove the injunction against its Heartbeat Law, which bans abortions after 6 weeks — when an unborn baby’s heartbeat can be detected.

Today, the federal appeals court has ruled that the heartbeat law can take effect and it ordered U.S. District Judge Steve Jones to retake the case and overturn his decision from 2020 that blocked the law from saving babies. Jones is expected to hold a hearing soon on the matter, but the new abortion ban will not go into effect until his decision is official following that hearing.

In a 16-page decision, U.S. Circuit Judge William Pryor wrote on behalf of the panel that preserving unborn life “at all stages of development” is “categorically a legitimate state interest.”… (Excerpt from lifenews.com)