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U.S. Department of Justice asks court to block Texas abortion ban
by Christian Flores
Leen Garza participates in a protest against the six-week abortion ban at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
AUSTIN, Texas —

As telegraphed by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland last week, the Department of Justice has asked a federal district court Tuesday night to temporarily block the enforcement of the new Texas state law banning most abortions as the lawsuit to block the ban altogether awaits a decision.

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On Wednesday, Judge Robert Pitman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas Austin Division - where the motion was filed - set a hearing date for October 1st for the motion filed Tuesday.

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