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Judge asked to decide permanent fate of state abortion law
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Gov. Brian Kemp, center, is flanked by House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, right, and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan as he speaks Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, during the State of the State address before a joint session of the Georgia General Assembly in Atlanta. - photo by Associated Press
ATLANTA — After a federal judge temporarily blocked Georgia's restrictive abortion law, lawyers for the state and for opponents of the measure are battling in court over whether the law should be permanently barred from taking effect.