EFE.- The attorney general of Texas, Ken Paxton, argued that the trips that women must make to abort outside the state favor trade with other areas of the United States, in a judicial brief to defend a law that practically prohibits this type of intervention on the ground. Texan.
Paxton presented the document on Wednesday in response to one of the arguments made by the Government of the US President, Joe Biden, against the rule, since he has pointed out that, since the prohibition affects interstate commerce, the Executive has the power to denounce that veto.
In his brief, the prosecutor assured that the Department of Justice has not cited any “real evidence” that Texas law burdens interstate commerce.
“What the existing evidence suggests is that the law is encouraging rather than obstructing interstate travel,” said Paxton, adding that there has been an increase in women traveling from Texas to Kansas and Oklahoma to have an abortion.
Paxton presented his brief before a hearing next Friday in which federal judge Robert Pitman will examine whether he orders the law to be blocked.
The Justice Department lawsuit is one of many complaints filed in state and federal courts against the Texas rule.
The legislation, which came into force on September 1, prohibits abortion from the sixth week of gestation, when the fetal heartbeat can already be detected, although many women do not even know they are pregnant.
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Unlike similar laws in other states, the quirk of Texas law, pushed by Republicans, allows individuals to file civil lawsuits against anyone who assists a pregnant woman with an abortion if they believe they are breaking the veto.
In addition, it offers rewards of up to $ 10,000 to the plaintiff if he wins the lawsuit.
Abortion was recognized as a constitutional right in the United States in 1973 thanks to the Supreme Court ruling in the “Roe v. Wade” case, which recognized that a woman can terminate her pregnancy during the first six months of pregnancy.
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