Biden Justice Department to sue Texas over anti-abortion law
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The Justice Department reportedly is preparing to sue Texas over the state’s recently enacted law prohibiting abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, setting up yet another court battle over one of the most contentious issues in the American culture war.
President Biden, who has described the law as “almost un-American,” announced in a statement last week that he had directed the Justice Department to find ways to block its enforcement.
Some experts have warned that SB8’s reliance on private citizen enforcement makes it near-impossible for would-be legal challengers to identify individuals as respondents in a lawsuit.
Even if a suit filed under the law is successfully defended, that may not stop other lawsuits from following close behind.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments this fall in another case regarding the constitutionality of a Mississippi law prohibiting abortions after the 15-week mark of a pregnancy except in a medical emergency or cases of severe fetal abnormality.
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