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Justice Department sues Texas over state's new abortion law

by Michael BalsamoPaul Weber
| September 9, 2021 10:12 PM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."

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