Texas Defends Six-Week Abortion Law in Appeal in U.S.'s Suit

The U.S. has no reason to wade into a dispute over a Texas law that bans abortions after six weeks because no evidence of harm to the federal government exists, the state said in urging the Fifth Circuit to dismiss the U.S.'s suit.

Texas wants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to overturn a lower court’s order that barred S.B. 8’s enforcement. The federal government’s case is partially based on the argument that S.B. 8 is incompatible with federal programs in the state that impose abortion-related obligations on federal officials.

They include programs related to federal prisons, ...