The New Texas Abortion Law Sparking Conversations in Washington D.C.

The new Texas abortion law is sparking conversations in Washington D.C. The law which is one of the strictest in the nation bans abortion after six weeks and allows private citizens to bring civil suits against anyone who assists a pregnant person seeking an abortion in violation of the ban. On Wednesday night, the Supreme Court denied a request from Texas abortion providers to freeze the law which means it will stay in effect for right now but in a statement yesterday, President Biden criticized the law saying it was an ‘unprecedented assault on a woman’s constitutional rights.’

Also during the speech, Biden said he was launching a ‘whole of government’ effort to respond to the law tasking the Department of Health and Human Services and the Justice Department to ‘see what steps the federal government can take to ensure that woman in Texas have access to safe and legal abortions’…that effort would be led from within the White House. Yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House would vote on a bill called the Women’s Health Protection Act that aims to ‘protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services.’