When a Georgia judge overturned the state's abortion ban this week, abortion rights advocates praised the ruling and opponents denounced it — all knowing the state's top court could put it on hold in coming days or weeks.

The ruling is unlikely to be the final word on abortion access in the state, with the expectation that the case will ultimately be decided by the Georgia Supreme Court.

The law, signed by Gov. Brian Kemp (R) in 2019, banned abortions after six weeks — the earliest that fetal cardiac electrical activity can be detected and before many people know they are pregnant. The Georgia ban took effect in 2022, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and has been tied up in legal proceedings for the past two years.