The Justice Department is expected to file suit against the state of Texas in the coming days challenging its restrictive law against abortions, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News Wednesday.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott addressed the lack of rape exceptions in the new law by saying his state was going to get rapists “off the streets."The Justice Department is expected to file suit against the state of Texas in the coming days challenging its, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News Wednesday.
It's not immediately clear under what grounds the federal government would seek to block the law's implementation, though The Wall Street Journal -- which Abortion rights supporters gather to protest Texas SB 8 in front of Edinburg City Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, in Edinburg, Texas.
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