DOJ will ask Supreme Court to halt Texas abortion law

The state has placed a bounty, a $10,000 bounty on our heads. It's like a shot in the back to women. It's my goal to ultimately overturn roe v wade because I think the court got it wrong. Then all eyes are on the Supreme Court after justices refused to block the strictest texas abortion ban in august and now prepared to hear oral arguments in a Mississippi case that could overturn roe V wade. In 1973. Roe V wade made abortion a constitutional right after a texas woman norma jane roe McCorvey challenged the state's ban on the procedure. Despite that precedent, 48 years later, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the country's strictest ban on abortion into law. The life of every unborn child. We have, the heartbeat will be saved from the ravages of abortion. It went into effect in september leaving many women over six weeks pregnant, including those who were victims of rape abuse or incest. With few options, Although women receiving an abortion cannot be sued under the law. Anyone who helps her can be. The state has placed a bounty of $10,000 bounty on our heads, but they've now allowed the everyday citizens specifically the very people who stand on the sidewalk and harassed myself and my staff and my providers most times by name on a day to day basis, now have the authority and have been basically deputized to bring lawsuits against us the most pernicious thing about the texas law. It sort of creates a vigilante system and it just seems un american. You don't even have to be a Texas resident to file the suit or claim the $10,000 bounty under the law. You can sue the doctor, the medical staff at the clinic and anyone who drives a woman to their appointment. In response. Uber and Lyft have pledged to pay the legal fees of anyone sued under the texas abortion law, although texas's decision is grabbing everyone's attention nationwide. Republicans have pushed abortion restrictions for years. Now. The Mississippi case will go before the Supreme Court challenging roe v wade In a 5- four decision. The Supreme Court declined to block the Texas Bam. In justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissenting opinion. She called texas Senate Bill eight a flagrantly unconstitutional law engineered to prohibit women from exercising their constitutional rights and evade judicial scrutiny. Abortion clinics were left with no choice but to turn people away or send them across state lines, It will significantly impair women's access to the healthcare they need, particularly for communities of color and individuals with low incomes. In response, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the state of texas. This leaves women in texas unable to exercise their constitutional rights and unable to obtain judicial review. At the very moment, they need it already a texas doctor took matters into his own hands providing an abortion that is now illegal in an op ed published in the Washington post. The doctor wrote, I believe abortion is an essential part of healthcare. I've spent the past 50 years treating and helping patients. I can't just sit back and watch us return to 1972 just days after going public to individuals brought lawsuits against the doctor. In a late night decision, a month after the law went into effect, a federal judge issued an order to block it. Governor Abbott immediately appealed the following morning in May, before Abbott even signed that law. Roe V wade was in jeopardy of being overturned. The Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments from Mississippi's case, Dobbs v. Jackson, Women's health organizations. The law at the heart of the case, attempts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and has been working its way up the legal system since 2018 is my goal to ultimately overturn Roe v wade because I think the court got it wrong. Then the fifth Circuit temporarily blocked that law saying that Roe V wade protects a woman's right to an abortion. The state of Mississippi appealed that decision, ultimately asking the Supreme Court to weigh in which they will in december. His justices decided to take up our case. So I feel like they're going to want to do something. They're going to address the viability, which is the question we've asked them after all of this. Now, they're saying that these same women should not have the right to make this decision themselves. It doesn't make sense. It's it's like it's unconstitutional. It's it's it's just it's like a shot In the back to women. By the end of 2022, the nine justices will announce their decision. If the court agrees with Mississippi's argument, it would reverse a right given to women nearly 50 years ago.

The Biden administration said Friday 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 move comes as the Texas clinics are running out of avenues to stop the GOP-engineered law that bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around six weeks. It amounts to the nation's biggest curb to abortion in nearly 50 years.The latest defeat for clinics came Thursday night when a federal appeals panel in New Orleans, in a 2-1 decision, allowed the restrictions to remain in place for a third time in the last several weeks alone.Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley said the federal government will now ask the Supreme Court to reverse that decision but did not say how quickly.The Biden administration was under pressure from abortion rights supporters to go to the Supreme Court even before the announcement. The court already once allowed the restrictions to take effect, but did so without ruling on the law's constitutionality.Since the law took effect Sept. 1, Texas women have sought out abortion clinics in neighboring states, some driving hours through the middle of the night and including patients as young as 12 years old. The law makes no exception for cases of rape or incest.The Texas Attorney General's Office called Thursday night's decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals a "testament that we are on the right side of the law and life."A 1992 decision by the Supreme Court prevented states from banning abortion before viability, the point at which a fetus can survive outside the womb, around 24 weeks of pregnancy. But Texas’ law has outmaneuvered courts so far because it offloads enforcement to private citizens. Anyone who brings a successful lawsuit against an abortion provider for violating the law is entitled to claim at least $10,000 in damages, which the Biden administration says amounts to a bounty.Only once has a court moved to put the restrictions on hold — and that order stood for only 48 hours.During that brief window, some Texas clinics rushed to perform abortions on patients past six weeks, but many more appointments were canceled after the 5th Circuit moved to swiftly reinstate the law last week.Texas had roughly two dozen abortion clinics before the law took effect, and operators have said some may be forced to close if the restrictions stay in place for much longer.Texas Right to Life, the state's largest anti-abortion group, set up a tip line to receive allegations against abortion providers but has not filed any lawsuits. Kimberlyn Schwartz, a spokeswoman, said Thursday the group expected the Biden administration to go to the Supreme Court next and was "confident Texas will ultimately defeat these attacks on our life-saving efforts."Already the stakes are high in the coming months over the future of abortion rights in the U.S. In December, the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court will hear Mississippi’s bid to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that guarantees a woman’s right to an abortion.On Wednesday, 18 state attorneys generals from mostly GOP-controlled states threw new support behind the Texas law, urging the court to let the restrictions stand while accusing the federal government of overstepping in bringing the challenge in the first place. Last month, more than 20 other states, mostly run by Democrats, had urged the lower court to throw out the law.U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has called the law "clearly unconstitutional" and warned that it could become a model elsewhere in the country unless it’s struck down.

AUSTIN, Texas —

The Biden administration said Friday 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 move comes as the Texas clinics are running out of avenues to stop the GOP-engineered law that bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around six weeks. It amounts to the nation's biggest curb to abortion in nearly 50 years.

The latest defeat for clinics came Thursday night when a federal appeals panel in New Orleans, in a 2-1 decision, allowed the restrictions to remain in place for a third time in the last several weeks alone.

Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley said the federal government will now ask the Supreme Court to reverse that decision but did not say how quickly.

The Biden administration was under pressure from abortion rights supporters to go to the Supreme Court even before the announcement. The court already once allowed the restrictions to take effect, but did so without ruling on the law's constitutionality.

Since the law took effect Sept. 1, Texas women have sought out abortion clinics in neighboring states, some driving hours through the middle of the night and including patients as young as 12 years old. The law makes no exception for cases of rape or incest.

The Texas Attorney General's Office called Thursday night's decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals a "testament that we are on the right side of the law and life."

A 1992 decision by the Supreme Court prevented states from banning abortion before viability, the point at which a fetus can survive outside the womb, around 24 weeks of pregnancy. But Texas’ law has outmaneuvered courts so far because it offloads enforcement to private citizens. Anyone who brings a successful lawsuit against an abortion provider for violating the law is entitled to claim at least $10,000 in damages, which the Biden administration says amounts to a bounty.

Only once has a court moved to put the restrictions on hold — and that order stood for only 48 hours.

During that brief window, some Texas clinics rushed to perform abortions on patients past six weeks, but many more appointments were canceled after the 5th Circuit moved to swiftly reinstate the law last week.

Texas had roughly two dozen abortion clinics before the law took effect, and operators have said some may be forced to close if the restrictions stay in place for much longer.

Texas Right to Life, the state's largest anti-abortion group, set up a tip line to receive allegations against abortion providers but has not filed any lawsuits. Kimberlyn Schwartz, a spokeswoman, said Thursday the group expected the Biden administration to go to the Supreme Court next and was "confident Texas will ultimately defeat these attacks on our life-saving efforts."

Already the stakes are high in the coming months over the future of abortion rights in the U.S. In December, the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court will hear Mississippi’s bid to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that guarantees a woman’s right to an abortion.

On Wednesday, 18 state attorneys generals from mostly GOP-controlled states threw new support behind the Texas law, urging the court to let the restrictions stand while accusing the federal government of overstepping in bringing the challenge in the first place. Last month, more than 20 other states, mostly run by Democrats, had urged the lower court to throw out the law.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has called the law "clearly unconstitutional" and warned that it could become a model elsewhere in the country unless it’s struck down.

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