The US Department of Justice has sued Texas over a new law that severely restricts access to abortions, saying it is “in open defiance of the Constitution”.
The legal challenge from the DoJ will stoke tensions between the Biden administration and the Republican-led state government and legislature in Texas, which championed the bill despite criticism that it is draconian.
“This kind of scheme to nullify the constitution of the United States is one that all Americans, whatever their politics or party, should fear,” Merrick Garland, the US attorney-general, told reporters on Thursday.
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