After a federal judge temporarily blocked Georgia's restrictive abortion law, lawyers for the state and for opponents of the measure are battling over whether the law should be permanently barred from taking effect.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.The law bans abortions once a"detectable human heartbeat" is present, with some limited exceptions. Cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, before many women realize they're expecting, according to a legal challenge.
The law makes exceptions in the case of rape and incest, as long as the woman files a police report first. It also allows for abortions after cardiac activity is detected when the life of the woman is at risk or when a fetus is determined not to be viable because of a serious medical condition. They also argue that the new personhood definition is unconstitutionally vague because it applies throughout state law and “renders numerous criminal and civil provisions of the Code unclear.” Notably, they write, it is unclear whether and when health care providers could face criminal prosecution if treatment harms a fetus.
Lawyers for the state also argue that even if the judge finds certain portions of the law unconstitutional, the other sections should be allowed to take effect.
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