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Quick Georgia abortion restrictions send some patients home

Executive Director of Feminist Women's Health Center Kwajelyn Jackson stands in an operation room a day after a federal court allowed Georgia's abortion ban to go into effect immediately, Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Brookhaven, Ga. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson) Executive director of Feminist Women's Health Center Kwajelyn Jackson checks a text message in the office a day after a federal court allowed Georgia's abortion ban to go into effect immediately, Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Brookhaven, Ga. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson) Executive Director of Feminist Women's Health Center Kwajelyn Jackson stands in an operation room a day after a federal court allowed Georgia's abortion ban to go into effect immediately, Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Brookhaven, Ga. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson) The recently closed Savannah Medical Clinic, which provided abortions for four decades in Savannah, Ga., is pictured on Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum) Executive director of Feminist Women's Health Center Kwajelyn Jackson stands in the center's recovery room a day after a federal court allowed Georgia's abortion ban to go into effect immediately, Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Brookhaven, Ga. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson) An empty operation room at the Feminist Women's Health Center is pictured on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Brookhaven, Ga. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson) Executive Director of Feminist Women's Health Center Kwajelyn Jackson stands in an operation room a day after a federal court allowed Georgia's abortion ban to go into effect immediately, Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Brookhaven, Ga. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson) FILE - People march through Downtown Atlanta on June 24, 2022, to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. A federal appeals court on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law should be allowed to take effect. The Georgia law bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File) FILE - Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, center, signs legislation in Atlanta, on May 7, 2019, banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks before many women know they're pregnant. A federal appeals court on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law should be allowed to take effect. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) FILE - Abortion rights protesters rally near the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on May 14, 2022. A federal appeals court on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law should be allowed to take effect. The Georgia law bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. (Ben Gray /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
Quick Georgia abortion restrictions send some patients home