The Department of Justice has formally requested that the Supreme Court temporarily block the Texas law that bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
In an Oct. 18 filing with the high court, the Justice Department (DOJ) sought an order to suspend enforcement of Texas’s Senate Bill 8, known as SB 8, while the Biden administration’s legal challenge was being considered. The filing marks the second time the Supreme Court has been presented with the option to block the law, as last month, the court’s majority voted to allow it to go into effect.
