Young women hold signs during a protest against recently passed abortion ban bills at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Georgia. ATLANTA - A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked Georgia’s 2019 “heartbeat” abortion law, finding that it violates the U.S.
Constitution.U.S. District Judge Steve Jones ruled against the state in a lawsuit filed by abortion providers and an advocacy group.
Jones had temporarily blocked the law in October, and it never went into effect. The new ruling permanently enjoins the state from ever enforcing House Bill 481.In his ruling, Jones said that part of the law "violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution."Sign up for FOX 5 email alertsIn response to the ruling, Gov..