Article snippet: ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation on Tuesday banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. That can be as early as six weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant. Kemp said he was signing the bill ‘‘to ensure that all Georgians have the opportunity to live, grow, learn and prosper in our great state.’’ The signing caps weeks of tension and protests at the state Capitol in Atlanta, and marks the beginning of what could be a lengthy and costly legal battle over the law’s constitutionality. The legal showdown is exactly what supporters are looking for. Anti-abortion activists and lawmakers across the country , energized by the new conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court that includes President Donald Trump appointees Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, are pushing abortion bans in an attack on the high court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion nationwide until a fetus is developed enough to live outside a woman’s uterus. ACLU of Georgia legal director Sean Young said the group would challenge Georgia’s new abortion restriction in court. ‘‘Under 50 years of Supreme Court precedent, this abortion ban is clearly unconstitutional,’’ Young said in a recent interview. ‘‘Every federal court that has heard a challenge to a similar ban has ruled that it’s unconstitutional.’’ Under current law, women in Georgia can seek an abortion during the first 20 weeks of a pregnancy. If it’s not blocked in court,... Link to the full article to read more