Texas sues to block federal guidance on abortions

Demonstrators following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, in Austin, Texas. Pic/AP

Texas sued the federal government on Thursday over new guidance from the Biden administration directing hospitals to provide emergency abortions regardless of state bans on the procedure that came into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the lawsuit argued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was trying to "use federal law to transform every emergency room in the country into a walk-in abortion clinic."

The lawsuit focused on guidance issued on Monday advising a federal law protecting patients' access to emergency treatment requires performing abortions when doctors believe a pregnant woman's life or health is threatened.

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