Justice Department Will Ask US Supreme Court To Block Texas Abortion Law
On October 15 the Biden administration said it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt to halt a Texas law that has banned most abortions since September.
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On October 15 the Biden administration said it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt to halt a Texas law that has banned most abortions since September.
Beginning in November the Biden administration said it plans to reinstate a Trump-era border policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
The House and Senate will have to hash out differences in their bills. Senate passed similar legislation earlier during the special session which ends next Tuesday night.
Other states that came to Texas' defense accused the Biden administration of overstepping by bringing the challenge, while mostly steering clear of the broader arguments about whether the law itself is constitutional.
Texas CPS disabled a website with resources for LGBTQ youth after Gov. Greg Abbott's Republican primary challenger, Don Huffines, criticized its content on social media.
Changes in Texas law -- in particular the one banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy -- is having an impact on the mental and physical health of many women in the Lone Star State.
A Texas House Committee held a hearing on a bill Wednesday afternoon that would ban a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
After more than 14 hours of debate, the Texas House has signed off on a new state voting map. The lawmakers considered dozens of amendments to the proposed map during the session that ended just before 3:00 a.m.
The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council said Tuesday that North Texas hospitals, which face both orders, are now reviewing them, but haven't changed their vaccine requirements.
"The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective, and our best defense against the virus, but should remain voluntary and never forced," Gov. Abbott said in a statement.
Late Monday night the Biden administration again urged the courts to step in and suspend a new Texas law that has banned most abortions since early September.
Texas GOP Gubernatorial candidate Allen West has been hospitalized at Medical City, Plano after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Texas abortion clinics are canceling appointments they had booked during a 48-hour reprieve from the nation's most restrictive abortion law.
A federal appeals courts Friday night allowed Texas to temporarily resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics across the state began rushing to serve patients again for the first time since early September.
Amy Hagstrom Miller, CEO of Whole Woman's Health said, "Today, we have a huge victory."
