Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has appealed Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney’s ruling that struck down the state’s “heartbeat” abortion law. Carr, a Republican, is asking Georgia’s Supreme Court to reinstate the six-week abortion ban while the court reviews the state’s appeal.

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.

Georgia's Republican Attorney General Chris Carr has challenged a judge's overturning of the state's six-week abortion ban. On Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that the ban—which was instated in 2022 and effectively outlawed abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy—violated Georgia's state constitution.