Biden administration asks Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law

The Supreme Court is being asked to rule on the Texas abortion law (Scott Applewhite/AP)

The Biden administration is to turn to the US Supreme Court in an attempt to halt a Texas law that has banned most abortions since September.

The move comes as Texas clinics are running out of avenues to stop the Republican-engineered law that bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around six weeks.