{"id":832312,"date":"2021-09-30T16:59:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T20:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=832312"},"modified":"2021-09-30T16:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T20:59:19","slug":"justice-department-to-argue-in-texas-abortion-lawsuit-case-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-department-to-argue-in-texas-abortion-lawsuit-case-on-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department To Argue In Texas Abortion Lawsuit Case On Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjustice-department-to-argue-in-texas-abortion-lawsuit-case-on-friday%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=832312&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D2F6030D-F083-429F-8C55-A297E81EC4D0_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Justice Department is set to make its arguments, Friday, at a hearing in its lawsuit against the state of Texas over the state\u2019s recent pro-life law.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Texas\u2019s Heartbeat Act effectively outlaws abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy, when fetal cardiac activity can be detected.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/supreme-court-rejects-abortion-providers-request-to-stay-texas-heartbeat-law\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThe Texas law allows citizens to sue abortion providers and those who \u2018aid and abet\u2019 illegal procedures for a financial reward if the lawsuit is successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/01\/health\/texas-abortion-law-facts.html\"><span class=\"s1\">The New York Times<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Texas law bars state officials from actually enforcing it, a design intended to make it difficult to challenge in the courts.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Usually a lawsuit aiming to block such a law as unconstitutional names state officials as defendants. Instead, the Texas law deputizes private citizens to sue anyone who performs an abortion or \u201caids and abets\u201d a procedure. Plaintiffs who have no connection to the patient or the clinic may sue and recover legal fees, as well as $10,000 if they win.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Biden administration got involved in blocking the new law,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-sues-texas-for-law-protecting-unborn-babies-with-heart-activity-clearly-unconstitutional\"><span class=\"s1\">announcing<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;earlier this month that it was taking legal action against the state of Texas.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/09\/30\/texas-abortion-law-legal-challenges\/\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> by the Texas Tribune, state and federal lawyers will give their arguments in a hearing on Friday. \u201cThe case is being overseen by U.S. District Judge Robert L. Pitman, a 2014 Obama nominee, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas,\u201d the outlet added.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The federal government has made several arguments as to why the Texas abortion law should be thrown out.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt is settled constitutional law that \u2018a State may not prohibit any woman from making the ultimate decision to terminate her pregnancy before viability,\u2019\u201d U.S. attorneys reportedly said in the lawsuit. \u201cBut Texas has done just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The lawsuit <a href=\"https:\/\/s.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/documents\/DOJ%20Texas%20lawsuit.pdf\"><span class=\"s1\">added<\/span><\/a> that the federal government was bringing the suit \u201cto protect other federal interests that S.B. 8 unconstitutionally impairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It argued that the law \u201cconflicts with federal law by purporting to prohibit federal agencies from carrying out their responsibilities under federal law related to abortion services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause S.B. 8 does not contain an exception for cases of rape or incest, its terms purport to prohibit the federal government and its employees and agents from performing, funding, reimbursing, or facilitating abortions in such cases,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Texas filing reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/09\/30\/texas-abortion-law-legal-challenges\/\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>, \u201cIf the Department of Justice wants to expand its authority, it should direct its requests to Congress, not this Court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Supreme Court previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/supreme-court-rejects-abortion-providers-request-to-stay-texas-heartbeat-law\"><span class=\"s1\">chose<\/span><\/a> not to stay the new law, allowing it to take effect. The reason for the high court\u2019s ruling was due to the law\u2019s enforcement strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/supreme-court-rejects-abortion-providers-request-to-stay-texas-heartbeat-law\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThe law deputizes private citizens, granting them standing to file lawsuits against violating abortion providers rather than authorizing state agents to police them. The court dismissed the request, which names every state court judge and clerk as defendants, based on procedural grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Experts say that it might be hard to determine how the lawsuit will play out due to the recent Supreme Court ruling.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department is set to make its arguments, Friday, at a hearing in its lawsuit against the state of Texas over the state\u2019s recent pro-life law.\u00a0Texas\u2019s Heartbeat Act effectively &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-832312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}