A Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy.

A state court judge on Monday blocked a Georgia law banning abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, finding it violated the rights to privacy and liberty guaranteed by the state constitution.

Monday's decision repealed Georgia’s law restricting access to abortion after six weeks, before many people become aware that they are pregnant.

A Fulton County, Georgia judge struck down the state's abortion ban on Monday, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. The judge, Robery McBurney, issued an order that said abortions must be regulated as they were before the state's law took effect in 2022,

The ruling is unlikely to be the final word on abortion access in the state, with the expectation that the case will ultimately be decided by the Georgia Supreme Court.

Women are not some piece of collectively owned community property’ Some key quotes from the order in which Judge Robert McBurney struck down Georgia’s extrem

Georgia's six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Monday, permitting abortions to resume later into pregnancies. The order means the state can't enforce the six-week ban that took effect in 2022.