Justice Department sues Texas over six week abortion ban
The US Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution”. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in Texas, asks a federal judge to declare that the law is invalid, “to enjoin its enforcement, and to protect the rights that Texas has violated”. The Texas law, known as SB8, prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect […]
