The Georgia Supreme Court voted 6-1 on Thursday to require the trial court judge to re-examine standing issues, citing its own January decision that changed state law on who is qualified to sue.

Rather than take judges out of the national debate over abortion, as the 2022 Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe V. Wade promised to do, that ruling has unleashed a new wave of legal questions – including how to settle disputes between the states about whether their abortion laws can be applied outside their borders.

A lawsuit challenging Georgia’s near-ban on abortion is headed back to a trial court to decide if the people who want to overturn the law have legal standing to sue.

Challengers to Georgia’s so-called “heartbeat law” abortion ban may have to start all over again after ruling by the Georgia Supreme Court.

Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel has supported Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law but also says voters should decide abortion questions.

A section of the state Constitution that enshrines Wyomingites’ rights to make their own health care decisions does not apply to a woman’s abortion decisions, attorneys for the state argued.