ATLANTA — Lawyers for the state of Georgia urged a federal appeals court to allow the state's 2019 abortion law to take effect now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled there is no constitutional right to an abortion.
Georgia abortion law challenge now focused on 'personhood'
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