The ban goes into effect immediately while an appeal is pending. More details via The Washington Post: The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated the state’s ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, just one week after the law was overturned by a Fulton County judge. In response to an emergency filing by the state last week after the ban was lifted, the high court issued a one-page order Wednesday that puts the lower court’s ruling on pause while it considers an appeal. That's right, the Kemp administration was so horrified by the lifting of the ban that it pursued an emergency filing to reinstate it.