Fulton County judge strikes down Georgia’s six-week abortion ban as unconstitutional

A Fulton County judge has ruled that Georgia’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional under the state constitution, allowing abortions to be performed again in Georgia as before the law took effect.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C. I. McBurney released his long-awaited ruling Monday on the broader question at the center of a lawsuit filed in 2022: Does the Georgia Constitution’s protections for liberty and privacy include a right to an abortion?

McBurney has concluded that it does – to a point.