The Guardian reported on the Texas abortion law: The most radical abortion law in the US went into effect in September after the US supreme court did not step in by the 31 August deadline to block it, after an emergency appeal to the highest court, despite concerted legal campaigns. 

The near-total abortion ban in Texas empowers any private citizen to sue an abortion provider or anyone deemed to have helped a women get an abortion against the law, although not the patient themselves.

The federal law commonly known as the Face Act prohibits physically obstructing or using the threat of force to intimidate or interfere with a person seeking reproductive health services. Though there are anti-abortion laws in other states, Texas’s law differs significantly because it leaves enforcement up to private citizens through lawsuits instead of criminal prosecutors, partly as a way to avoid legal review.

Justice department officials have also been in contact with prosecutors, including US attorneys in Texas and the FBI field offices in the state, to discuss enforcing the federal provisions. DOJ promises to protect citizens who attempt to seek reproductive health services from violence under the Face Act. Joe Biden called the law unconstitutional and promised efforts by his administration to counter its effects as quickly as possible. 

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