The US Department of Justice issues an emergency motion to temporarily block the Texas abortion law, which prohibits termination of pregnancy after six weeks.
Justice Minister Merrick Garland announced that the Department would file a lawsuit against a "clearly unconstitutional" law.
Texas abortion law "prevents women from exercising their constitutional rights" and a blockade "is necessary to protect the constitutional rights of women in Texas and the sovereign interest of the United States," the Department of Justice says in the documentation. filed in court, with which opens the clash between the Biden administration and the Republican leaders of Texas.