Justice Department asks Supreme Court to block Texas' 6-week abortion ban
CNN
The Justice Department formally asked the Supreme Court Monday to step in and block a controversial Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy while legal challenges play out.
The law is "clearly unconstitutional" and allowing it to remain in effect would "perpetuate the ongoing irreparable injury to thousands of Texas women who are being denied their constitutional rights," the Justice Department argues.
The emergency application places the justices back in the center of a firestorm created by the law that bars abortions before most women even know they are pregnant.
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