Posted on 09/09/2021 6:16:38 PM PDT by ebb tide
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – The Biden administration launched a federal lawsuit Thursday against Texas over its recently-enacted law that has effectively halted abortions past six weeks in the state, claiming it violates both federal law and longstanding judicial precedent.
On September 1, the Texas Heartbeat Act took effect in the Lone Star State. Signed in May by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, the law requires abortionists to screen for a preborn baby’s heartbeat and prohibits abortion if a heartbeat can be heard (generally as early as six weeks), with exceptions only for medical emergencies.
Instead of having the state prosecute violators, the law “exclusively” empowers private citizens to bring civil suits against abortionists, punishable by a minimum of $10,000 in statutory relief per abortion plus whatever additional injunctive relief is deemed “sufficient to prevent the defendant from violating this chapter or engaging in acts that aid or abet violations of this chapter.”
This unique enforcement mechanism has been credited for the U.S. Supreme Court’s surprising decision not to block the law from taking effect, as well as the decisions of abortion chains Planned Parenthood and Whole Woman’s Health to temporarily suspend abortions past six weeks in the state.
On Thursday, however, Forbes reports that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the administration’s lawsuit against the Act, making good on Democrat President Joe Biden’s threat to undertake a “whole-of-government effort” to restore abortion-on-demand in Texas.
“The United States has the authority and the responsibility to ensure that no state can deprive individuals of their constitutional rights through a legislative scheme specifically designed to prevent the vindication of those rights,” Garland declared, claiming the Act’s “scheme” is “one that all Americans, whatever their politics or party, should fear.”
In addition to conflicting with the pro-abortion precedents of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the lawsuit argues that the law “conflicts with federal law by undercutting federal agencies’ authority and preventing from carrying out certain responsibilities, as well as leaving federal officials open to legal liability,” according to Forbes.
It remains to be seen whether this suit will fare better before the Supreme Court than the abortion-industry challenge it rejected last week, which was based not on the substance of the issue but on the lack of a named enforcer who could be enjoined.
Once this or another upcoming abortion case out of Mississippi does reach the substance of the issue, abortion friends and foes alike will be anxious to see whether a majority of the current justices are willing to overturn the Court’s abortion jurisprudence and restore states’ freedom to directly prohibit abortion.
I continue to fear the DoJustUs.
I fear it’ll get knocked down
That’s all I fear about it
Ping
Freedom of Choice Biden? My body? My choice? Like how I get to choose what poison goes into my body?
I fear the Democrat party.
“’one that all Americans, whatever their politics or party, should fear.’
Paxton will eat his lunch.
And pay for it!
We dodged a bullet when this four-eyed punk Merrick Fartland didn’t get on the Supreme Court...
Anyone here have the artistic skills to create a “come and take it!” meme with a baby?
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Democrats get upset when someone other than them violates the law. Of course, the Texas law does not, but it sounds good to democrats to pursue their baby killing.
Thanks!
This man (or whoever is running the show) is bringing the wrath of God down on our nation. Every headline seems to feature some evil directive. I just don’t know how people live from day to day without God’s assurance.
Evil no longer hides in the shadows. It is out and about with full representation by the demon rat party.
God?
I was a college Freshman(a long time ago) when I read in the Atlanta Constitution That God was dead but that there was no proof of it.
Some day in the future 60 million souls of slaughtered babies will clarify this dilemma.
I was referring to the NWO kingpin or kingpins who are behind the scene “directing traffic”. God is not dead, I talk to Him all the time in the Name of Jesus. . . .and get answers. He certainly dispatches His angels for my protection. . .the stories I could tell!
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