US Justice Department again moves to halt Texas abortion law

People participate in the Houston Women’s March against the Texas abortion ban earlier this month (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle/AP)

The Biden administration urged the courts again Monday night to step in and suspend a new Texas law that has banned most abortions since early September, as clinics hundreds of miles away remained busy with Texas patients making long journeys to access care.

The latest attempt comes three days after the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the nation’s most restrictive abortion law after a brief 48-hour window last week in which Texas abortion providers — following a blistering ruling by a lower court — had rushed to bring in patients again.