Last updated on December 19, 2025
Georgia is characterized as a very restrictive state by the Guttmacher Institute.
Abortion is banned after around six weeks gestational duration (with exceptions for preservation of the mother’s life or physical health, lethal fetal anomalies, and certain cases of rape or incest).
In the US, people who are not white and people with low incomes are more likely to experience barriers to reproductive health care access.
IN THIS STATE
As of 2023, 2.4 million women1 are of reproductive age in Georgia.
- 13.7 percent are low income (higher than the national average)
- 5.0 percent are likely eligible for Medicaid, if they have dependent children, because their income is at or below 30 percent of the federal poverty level (higher than the national average)
- 56.1 percent are nonwhite, and Black people (33.7 percent) are the largest nonwhite group (both higher than the national average)
- 16.0 percent are uninsured (higher than the national average)
Georgia has not expanded Medicaid and only provides coverage to parents of dependent children with incomes up to 29 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) and pregnant women up to 225 percent of FPL. Adults with incomes up to 100 percent of FPL who are not eligible for traditional Medicaid in Georgia and meet the qualifying activities threshold may receive coverage through the Pathways to Coverage demonstration waiver. The state has extended pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage up to 12 months postpartum. Georgia does not use state funds to cover abortion for Medicaid beneficiaries with limited exceptions. The state covers family planning services for women ages 18–44 who are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid and have incomes up to 216 percent of FPL.
Accessing Abortion Care
In 2020, 14 clinics provided abortions in Georgia. In 2025, 13 clinics provided abortions. This number does not include hospitals or telehealth providers.
Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are organizations—often operated by anti-abortion, nonmedical, and/or religiously affiliated groups—that aim to deter pregnant people from certain reproductive health care services, including abortion and some contraceptive methods. In 2023, there were 95 CPCs in Georgia. These centers receive state funding.
Patients face the following restrictions on abortion access:
Abortion providers in Georgia face the following restrictions that limit their ability to practice:
Accessing Contraceptive Care
According to Power to Decide, around 650,000 women of reproductive age in Georgia live in contraceptive deserts, putting them at increased risk of a mistimed or unintended pregnancy.
Georgia does not have any of the following protections for contraception access:
What to Watch For
In 2019, Georgia passed the Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act (House Bill 481), prohibiting abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected. That law went into effect after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade with Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and is currently being challenged in SisterSong v. State of Georgia. In November 2023, the Georgia Supreme Court allowed it to be enforced while the case continued. In September 2024, a superior court judge struck down the law, but the Georgia Supreme Court reinstated the ban on October 7, 2024, while it reviewed the state’s appeal. In February 2025, the Georgia Supreme Court remanded the case to district court to reconsider plaintiffs’ standing.
1 Though we use the terminology of woman/women, we recognize that not all individuals capable of pregnancy identify as women.
