AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Biden administration says it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt to halt a Texas law that has banned most abortions since September.
The announcement Friday by the Justice Department comes after an appeals court again left in place the law that bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected.
That is usually around six weeks and before some women know they are pregnant. The Texas law is the nation’s biggest curb to abortion in nearly 50 years. Last month, the Supreme Court allowed the law to take effect but did so without ruling on whether it is constitutional.
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10/15/21
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas has banned most abortions since early September under a new law that has created the biggest curb to abortion in the U.S. in nearly 50 years.
Texas clinics and the Biden administration have spent weeks asking courts to halt the the law. It bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected. That’s usually around six weeks, which is before some women even know they are pregnant.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says the law is “clearly unconstitutional,” but judges have rejected both the Justice Department and clinics at nearly every turn. On Friday, the Biden administration said it will now try taking its case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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