ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� Georgia鈥檚 Republican attorney general has appealed a judge鈥檚 ruling that the state鈥檚 abortion ban.
Attorney General Chris Carr鈥檚 office filed a legal motion Wednesday asking the Georgia Supreme Court to reinstate the law after the first six weeks or so of pregnancy while the court considers the state鈥檚 appeal.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Monday that the ban in place since 2022 violated women鈥檚 rights to liberty and privacy under Georgia鈥檚 state constitution. His decision rolled back abortion limits in the state to a prior law that allowed abortions until viability, roughly 22 to 24 weeks into a pregnancy.
Carr's office in its legal motion denounced McBurney's ruling as 鈥渂arely veiled judicial policymaking.鈥�
鈥淭here is nothing legally private about ending the life of an unborn child,鈥� the court filing said.
Some Georgia clinic officials said they would begin accepting patients whose pregnancies are past six weeks鈥� gestation, though they're aware the ban could be reimposed quickly.
Carr's office noted in its notice of appeal filed Tuesday that the case goes straight to Georgia's highest court because it involves a challenge to the constitutionality of a state law.
The judge's ruling left 13 U.S. states with bans on abortion at all stages of pregnancy and three that bar them after the first six weeks or so of pregnancy.
The Associated Press
