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Law in spite of those potential consequences. >> i understand that providing an abortion beyond the new legal limit i am taking a personal risk but it's something i believe in strongly. i have daughters, granddaughters, and nieces. i believe abortion is an essential part of health care. >> so far the law has withstood efforts by abortion rights supporters to block it, and it's not clear if abortion rights opponents will pursue legal action against dr. braid. for example, texas right to life said that it is exploring all of its options but another anti-abortion rights group says it has no plans...

The new law. he completed the procedure on september 6th, a few days after the law went into effect banning abortions after a woman is six weeks president, no exceptions for incest or rape. according to him, this woman was still in her first trimester but beyond the limits of the law, and he said he did this procedure because he believes she has a fundamental right to receive this kind of care. but his op-ed is the first public admission that a physician has decided to perform this procedure despite the most restrictive law in the nation, and the question is now what consequence could he face....

Block the ban and a hearing on that request is scheduled on october 1st. >> we're just a couple of weeks away from that. will we get an answer to whether this is constitutional? >> it's unlikely that answer is going to come anytime soon. the first thing is it's not clear the way the justice department crafted its lawsuit, it's going to be able to get around the justice's objection to the last attempt to block this law. it may likely take someone challenging a physician like dr. braid or someone else to get the proper standing, to then get this ultimate question about constitutionality in front...