Two months after refusing to intervene, the US Supreme Court is to hear challenges on Monday to a Texas law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and makes no exceptions for rape or incest.
The nine-member court, which includes six conservative justices, will listen to two hours of arguments by parties in a closely-watched case with far-reaching human and political ramifications.
Laws restricting abortion have been passed in other Republican-led states but were struck down by the courts because they violated previous Supreme Court rulings which guaranteed the right to an abortion until the fetus is viable outside the womb, which is typically around 22 to 24 weeks. The framing of the Texas law has complicated the intervention of the Justice Department because of a principle called "sovereign immunity," said Mary Ziegler, a professor of constitutional law at Florida State University and visiting professor at Harvard University.
Biden was among those who criticized the court for failing to tackle a law that "blatantly violates the constitutional right established under Roe v. Wade," the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that enshrined a woman's legal right to an abortion. A 16-year-old Texas girl identified as F.P. said she is not ready to have a baby but may not be able to afford to go to another state for an abortion.
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