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Georgia Supreme Court reinstates six-week abortion ban (www.rawstory.com)

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The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a law in the southern US state prohibiting abortions for women who are more than six weeks pregnant, one week after it was struck down by a lower court.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

General viability for survival outside the womb is 24 weeks, or 6 months in. That's the clearest line we have right now.

Edit: and as another commenter said, the first steps of basic brain development occur around the 10 week mark.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago

Why is what you're saying not lining up with what Google and another commenter here have told me?