US justice sues Texas because its abortion law violates constitutional rights | Society

The United States Department of Justice on Thursday presented / posted a lawsuit against the state of Texas over the controversial law that prohibits termination of pregnancy after six weeks gestation. At a press conference, Attorney General Merrick Garland said “the rule is clearly unconstitutional, as evidenced by Supreme Court precedents.” Texas passed the law to “defy the Constitution,” the lawsuit says.

“The Department of Justice has an obligation to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the rule of law,” continued the attorney general. Garland also criticized that the new legislation holds citizens who assist a woman responsible for law enforcement “to exercise their constitutional rights.”

On September 1, the law that has been the toughest setback for abortion in the United States in nearly 50 years came into effect. The White House left its position from the start. For President Joe Biden, the standard violates women’s rights. Garland’s Justice Department’s reaction came on Monday when the attorney general announced that the federal government would be responsible for protecting abortion clinics in the event of attacks.

Under the magnifying glass of the Biden administration, it is also what the White House has criticized as the spirit of persecution of the text, since it limits the role of the authorities in matters of surveillance but, on the contrary, allows “n ‘anyone “to sue women, doctors or anyone who helps terminate a pregnancy (and rewards it with $ 10,000).

“This kind of bickering that overturns the US Constitution is what all Americans should fear, regardless of which party they belong to,” the attorney general reported, warning that the element of the rule that encourages bounty hunters could become a role model. copied for other states “on other constitutional rights”.

The spokeswoman for the governor of Texas (Greg Abbott) defended the rule and accused the Biden administration of acting for political reasons, with the ultimate goal of distracting Americans from more important issues, like leaving Afghanistan or the continuous flow of migrants. southern border of the country. “We are confident that the courts will respect the law and protect the right to life,” Renae Eze said in a statement.

The Conservative-driven abortion crusade won a big victory last week, when the Supreme Court decided not to stop the so-called heartbeat law (Texas heartbeat, as the rule is called), and has made abortion rights in this state virtually a dead letter.

There are also a dozen other states that ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. But various judges in the Federal Circuit have prevented their entry into force to this day because they considered these standards incompatible with Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that guarantees the right to terminate a pregnancy before it is viable, which translates to around 22-24 weeks.

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