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It was a very conservative court in texas within the fifth circuit court of appeals. we'll see. i think the other takeaway before we get to the issue of whether or not they'll prevail which will take some time, is that the justice department is being very aggressive with respect to voting rights and reproductive rights and sb-8 in texas so you have a very active justice department in the civil rights division and we'll see what happens. >> that is certainly tew true, even before all three trump justices recedes, the robinson court has restricted voting rights and i think that case has an uphil...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Nearly three hours of oral arguments over a pair of lawsuits seeking to halt Texas’ controversial and recently enacted abortion ban ended with U.S. Supreme Court justices

Outside the supreme court in support of sb 8, the texas raw that bans abortion after doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat. that's about six weeks of pregnancy before most women know they're pregnant. >> there is no question that a heartbeat signifies life, and that that beating heart in a womb is the life of a human child. >> the supreme court has long said state officials cannot ban abortion that early in pregnancy, so the texas legislator handed off abortion to private individuals allowing anyone who performs an abortion. the state said abortion providers should have to wait until they're su...

Want to share what he said about who can turn in a woman who got an illegal abortion. listen to this rationale. >> an individual discovers that someone that, a close friend of theirs, who they'd spoken with about pro-life issues and about abortion has chosen instead to have a late-term abortion in violation of sb-8 and they were very invested in the -- basically in that child's upbringing and the child's coming into being. >> okay, barb, he's basically saying, anyone who a pregnant woman spoke to, right, that person could then turn the pregnant women in if she chose to get an abortion after si...

Medical to first and second amend amount. >> could be free speech -- >> my next guest, mark herron was in court today making the argues umts for reproductive rights in texas. what did you make of justice kavanaugh's responses? >> well, i think it was spot-on question. you know. as we've been saying all along, although sb 8 is abortion restriction and the most extreme abortion restriction we've ever seen, the questions today in front of the supreme court were not just about abortion. everyone, it seems like all of the justices agree that this is patently unconstitution allow. the question reall...