Justice Department Looks for Ways to Challenge Texas Abortion Law
District of Columbia, Texas | September 7, 2021
The Justice Department won’t tolerate violence or threats against people seeking abortions in Texas, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said, as the Biden administration considers ways to challenge a new state law banning most abortions.
Mr. Garland said Monday that the department was “urgently” exploring its options to challenge the new law, which bars most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The Supreme Court late Wednesday allowed it to take effect, but didn’t rule on the measure’s constitutionality.
The Justice Department will “continue to protect those seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health services” under a separate federal law that makes it a crime to injure or intimidate abortion-clinic patients and employees, Mr. Garland said. It also prohibits damaging property at such facilities and other reproductive-health centers… (Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal)