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A federal lawsuit challenging FDA rules allowing telehealth and mail delivery access to the abortion pill mifepristone could further restrict abortion access in Georgia, where 68% of abortion patients in 2022 were Black. Since Georgia's six-week abortion ban took effect, telehealth has become a key method for obtaining abortion care, especially for Black residents, and any limitations on this access may worsen the state's high Black maternal mortality rate.

Alexia Moore, a Black Georgia woman, was charged with malice murder after allegedly taking abortion pills to terminate a pregnancy past six weeks, raising concerns about pregnancy criminalization under Georgia's restrictive abortion laws. Advocates highlight that such cases disproportionately impact Black and low-income residents in Georgia, a state with high maternal mortality rates and laws that consider a fetus with a detectable heartbeat a natural person.

The deaths of two Georgia women, Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller, from complications related to abortion pills have sparked calls to change the state's restrictive six-week abortion law. A screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Devil Is Busy in Atlanta highlighted how these restrictions have impacted patients and providers, with families and advocates urging for expanded abortion access and legal reform in Georgia.