Georgia Judge Declares Heartbeat Law Unconstitutional

A Georgia judge today declared the state’s heartbeat law unconstitutional. The law protect unborn babies who have a detectable heartbeat. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney issued a decision declaring Georgia’s 2019 Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act or LIFE Act unconstitutional.  McBurney’s decision comes after a 2023 Georgia Supreme Court decision that allowed Georgia’s heartbeat law to stand. Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, told LifeNews that the rilin