{"id":252951,"date":"2021-09-09T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=252951"},"modified":"2021-09-09T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:46:08","slug":"biden-harris-administration-sue-texas-pro-life-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/biden-harris-administration-sue-texas-pro-life-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden-Harris administration files lawsuit against Texas over pro-life law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Biden administration is suing<\/a> the state of Texas over its new law restricting abortion once a preborn child’s heartbeat can be detected.<\/p>\n

The Biden administration has been under pressure from pro-abortion politicians and organizations to stop the Texas Heartbeat Act<\/a> (SB 8<\/a>) following the Supreme Court’s decision last week to allow the law to take effect. Though other states have enacted similar heartbeat laws, the Texas law is the first to actually go into effect without being blocked by the courts.<\/p>\n

The law is unique in that it allows private citizens to file civil suits against abortionists (for a potential $10,000 in damages) and anyone who aids a woman in obtaining an abortion after a preborn child’s heartbeat can be detected \u2014 except for the mother herself.\u00a0The heartbeat can typically be detected at about six weeks, though the heart begins beating<\/a> between 16 and 22 days after fertilization.<\/p>\n