Abortions in Georgia overall increased slightly in 2022, despite the state’s more-restrictive law being in place for nearly half of the year. The law, which took effect in July 2022, bans the procedure in most instances once a doctor can detect fetal cardiac activity, which is often about six weeks into a pregnancy and before many know they are pregnant. State Department of Public Health data shows that Black women were the only single-race demographic group to get fewer abortions in 2022 than in 2021, although they still received the procedure at a higher rate in Georgia than any other racial group.