Justice Department Sues Texas Over Restrictive Abortion Law
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced that it is filing a lawsuit against Texas over the state government’s new bill banning abortion after six months of pregnancy. During a press conference Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the new abortion law that Texas introduced is “clearly unconstitutional” and pledged to block the effort that the Republican officials are making in the state. “It does not rely on the state’s executive branch to enforce the law, as is the norm in Texas and everywhere else,” Garland said Thursday. “Rather, the statute deputizes all privat...