BREAKING: The Justice Department has announced it is filing a lawsuit against the state of Texas over its restrictive law against abortions, the Attorney General said.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott addressed the lack of rape exceptions in the new law by saying his state was going to get rapists “off the streets."The Justice Department on Thursday announced it is filing a law suit against the state of Texas"That act is clearly unconstitutional under long-standing Supreme Court precedent," Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters at a press conference at the Justice Department.
"While the Justice Department urgently explores all options to challenge Texas SB8 in order to protect the constitutional rights of women and other persons, including access to an abortion, we will continue to protect those seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health services pursuant to our criminal and civil enforcement of the FACE Act, 18 U.S.C. § 248," he said in the statement.
"The FACE Act prohibits the use or threat of force and physical obstruction that injures, intimidates, or interferes with a person seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health services," the statement continued."It also prohibits intentional property damage of a facility providing reproductive health services.
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