Biden administration urges Supreme Court to suspend Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to intervene and suspend a Texas law that has banned most abortions there. The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal that asks the justices to put the Texas law on hold and to eventually declare it unconstitutional. The move, while expected, sets the stage for an another battle over abortion before a more ...
by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
Oct 18, 2021
3 minutes
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to intervene and suspend a Texas law that has banned most abortions there.
The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal that asks the justices to put the Texas law on hold and to eventually declare it unconstitutional.
The move, while expected, sets the stage for an another battle over abortion before a more conservative court.
On Dec. 1, the court will hear arguments in a case from Mississippi, which adopted a 15-week limit on abortion. The state's lawyers are asking the court to
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