Abortion in Georgia, like the rest of the United States, is legal. This right came into force with the US Supreme Court's 1973' Roe v. Wade ruling. In 2007, mandatory ultrasound requirements were passed by state legislators. Georgia has continually sought to legislate against abortion at a state level since 2011. The most recent example, the 2019 Heartbeat bill, sought to make abortion illegal as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected. In most cases that is around the six-week mark of a pregnancy. Most women are not aware they are pregnant at this time. An injunction was issued against this bill by a federal judge, who ruled that it contravened the Supreme Court's 1973 ruling.