.MaddowBlog: DOJ takes steps to protect Texas women seeking abortions
. It quoted President Joe Biden saying his administration would launch"a whole-of-government effort to respond to this decision," with a special emphasis on the Department of Justice.
Yesterday, the answer came into sharper focus — at least a little — when Attorney General Merrick Garlandthat the Justice Department is prepared to help protect Texas women seeking to terminate unwanted pregnancies. According to his statement: Garland specifically referenced the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act — generally known as the FACE Act — which became law in 1994. As a New York Times report, the statute"guarantees access to the entrances of clinics that offer reproductive health services, including those that offer abortions. Under the law, it is illegal to threaten, obstruct or injure a person seeking access to such a clinic or to damage the clinic's property, punishable by a fine or imprisonment.
"While the Justice Department urgently explores all options to challenge Texas SB8 in order to protect the constitutional rights of women and other persons, including access to an abortion, we will continue to protect those seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health services pursuant to our criminal and civil enforcement of the FACE Act," Garland said in yesterday's statement.
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