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Biden administration sues Texas, seeking to block new abortion ban

By Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters Posted on September 9, 2021
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The Biden administration on Thursday sued Texas, seeking to block enforcement of a new law almost entirely banning abortion in the state, as Democrats fear the right to abortion established 50 years ago may be at risk.

The U.S. Supreme Court last week let stand the Texas law banning abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many woman realize they are pregnant. The decision represented a major victory for social conservatives who have been trying to ban the procedure since the court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision established the constitutional right to abortion.

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Biden administration sues Texas, seeking to block new abortion ban

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