(Washington, DC) — Texas believes the Justice Department can’t get involved in lawsuits involving the state’s new abortion law.

State Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday saying the Biden administration has no case because SB 8 is enforced by private citizens.  It bans abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected.  It also allows people to civilly sue abortion clinics, doctors, and anyone who “aids and abets” a woman getting the procedure.

It was blocked by a district judge, but the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision.  The White House is hoping the Supreme Court will reverse the appellate court’s decision.

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