A conservative 11th Circuit panel pauses the appeal of Georgia's six-week abortion ban. Why? The panel hopes that SCOTUS will overturn Roe v. Wade, allowing it to uphold Georgia's ban, too. acluga.org/wp-content/upl… 
This order, translated: "Under current precedent, Georgia's six-week abortion ban is obviously unconstitutional. But we don't like that precedent. So we're going to keep this case on ice in the hope that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe, allowing us to uphold Georgia's ban."
Georgia's six-week abortion ban will remain on hold in the meantime, but the 11th Circuit clearly thinks the end of Roe v. Wade is nigh and is preserving its opportunity to uphold Georgia's ban after Roe falls.
This is one reason why the Supreme Court can't really uphold Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban without toppling Roe. Once SCOTUS abolishes the viability line, ultra-conservative courts like the 11th Circuit will race to uphold even more stringent laws like Georgia's.
The more optimistic view is that this move prevents the 11th Circuit panel from writing yet another anti-abortion amicus brief to the Supreme Court. It may be the least bad choice among a bad set of options.
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