Abortion in the United States: Texas refuses Supreme Court involvement
Ken Paxton, here in 2016 on the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States.
REUTERS - Kevin Lamarque
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The Texan authorities want to be the spearhead of conservative policy in the United States and refuse any federal intervention.
Another example this Thursday, October 21, when the state asked the Supreme Court not to intervene on its abortion law.
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With our correspondent in Houston,
Thomas Harms
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is simply asking the Supreme Court to ignore the US Department of Justice.
On Monday, the Biden administration asked the Court to urgently block Texan law until its constitutionality is validated or not by justice.
The SB8 law prohibits any abortion in Texas after detection of cardiac activity, around six weeks when most women do not yet know they are pregnant.
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Ken Paxton discusses case law
According to the Texan authorities, as the law SB8 is not applied by the executive but that it is for ordinary citizens to file a complaint, the Supreme Court will not be able to oblige any Texan authority not to apply it.
Moreover, Ken Paxton even recommends that the judges, if they decide to take up the case, consider calling into question the Roe v Wade case law of 1973, which would lead to a complete ban on abortion. all over the United States.
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