After the Superior Court of Fulton Count issued a ruling on September 30 that would undo the restrictive six-week abortion ban in Georgia, the Georgia Supreme Court reinstated the ban on October 7.
The ruling comes after two Black women, Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller, died due to the restrictions of reproductive and maternal healthcare in Georgia, according to reports from ProPublica.
Even though 60 countries have liberalized abortion care and reproductive rights in recent decades, The Center for Reproductive Rights found that 40 percent of women (of reproductive age) live under restrictive laws.
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