#BREAKING: In a highly unprecedented move, an appeals court blocked a lower court's injunction on a six-week abortion ban in Georgia. This means the state’s six-week ban takes effect today, pushing abortion out of reach for Georgians before many even know they’re pregnant. A joint statement from the Center for Reproductive Rights, @aclu_nationwide @acluofga, @ppse_advocates, and @plannedparenthood: “This is a highly unorthodox action that will immediately push essential abortion care out of reach for patients beyond the earliest stages of pregnancy. Across the state, providers are now being forced to turn away patients who thought they would be able to access abortion, immediately changing the course of their lives and futures. This is horrific. We’ll continue doing everything in our power to fight for abortion access in Georgia in the face of these harmful attacks on people’s ability to control if and when to have a child.” The ban will also impact miscarriage management, threatening physicians with draconian criminal penalties if they provide medically appropriate care for an in-progress miscarriage unless their patient’s health has already deteriorated to the point of a medical emergency. Banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy will forever change the lives of people who are denied the care they need. The ban is especially dangerous in Georgia, which has some of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the nation, especially among Black Georgians. Link in bio for more. #AbortionIsEssential