Biden administration sues Texas to block new abortion law
The Biden administration filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Texas over the Lone Star State’s new law allowing private citizens to sue providers that perform abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is arguing that the Texas law is unconstitutional.
“It is settled constitutional law that ‘a state may not prohibit any woman from making the ultimate decision to terminate her pregnancy before viability,’ but Texas has done just that,” asserted the lawsuit.
The DOJ adds that Texas implemented its law “in open defiance of the Constitution.”
The move comes just days after Attorney General Merrick Garland said the department was weighing options to take action after the Supreme Court declined to enjoin the law in a 5–4 decision last week.
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Actually, there is nothing in the Constitution that grants a right to abortion. The Justices who decided Roe v. Wade just made up their reasons for an outcome they wanted. Garland appears to have made the same mistake the original plaintiffs made to stop the law by suing the State, We will have to see if they can shop for a court to sustain their argument.
See, also:
US Appeals Court Restores Key Indiana Abortion Laws
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