"Texas’ first-of-its-kind abortion ban appears headed back to the nation’s highest court. The Biden administration on Friday confirmed it will petition the Supreme Court to block the law after a federal appeals court extended an order on Thursday night that kept it in place. The law bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks, and delegates enforcement to private citizens rather than government officials. The move gives the justices a chance to once again consider a law they declined to block last month, a decision that made Texas the first state to ban abortion early in pregnancy since the landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalized the procedure in 1973.

The Supreme Court is already preparing to hear a separate case in early December surrounding a Mississippi abortion ban that represents a direct challenge to Roe, but could decide to hear the Biden administration’s challenge on Texas before that date."

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/15/biden-justice-department-supreme-court-texas-abortion-516093