Mon Nov 1, 2021 – 12:18 pm EDTMon Nov 1, 2021 – 12:26 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – The Supreme Court convened today to hear arguments in multiple cases that could determine the fate of a recent pro-life law enacted in Texas that bans virtually all abortions in the state by six weeks of pregnancy.
The court will hear two cases, including one brought by the Biden Justice Department and another involving Texas abortion groups.
The Texas Heartbeat Act, or S.B. 8, prohibits abortion once a baby’s heartbeat becomes detectable, typically by six weeks’ gestation. The legislation relies on a unique enforcement mechanism that empowers citizens, rather than the state, to sue abortionists and anyone else, other than the mother, who facilitates an abortion of a baby with a detectable heartbeat. Violations can result in fines of up to $10,000.
The Supreme Court took the case two weeks ago, after previously allowing S. B. 8 to take effect in a 5-4 vote at the beginning of September. The unprecedented pro-life law is currently the strictest in effect in the United States.
On December 1, the high court is also scheduled to hear arguments in Dobbs v.
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