The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lower court's ruling that says the state's near-total abortion ban was unconstitutional.

The Georgia Supreme Court has halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while the state appeals.

Georgia's highest court on Monday reinstated a ban on nearly all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy while it considers the U.S. state's appeal of last week's ruling by a lower court judge blocking the law.