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If the providers can't challenge sb-8 and if the federal government can't challenge sb-8, the court would be saying, yes, states here is a road map for whatever constitutional rights happen to be unpopular in your state. >> reporter: if the supreme court finds no one can fight the texas law, it will open the door to other states to effectively end abortions. planned parenthood submitted to the supreme court dozens of accounts from texas women facing hardship. one unnamed woman found out she was pregnant the day the law went into effect. she couldn't get an appointment for another week. she cal...

Or is not different in kind. >> well, your honor, it's certainly not different in kind. in fact, it's much milder in degree than a variety of the constitutional rights we've discussed in the state court with potential downside risks from failing state court litigation. in new york times there was a -- quite a great deal of exposure potentially from that defamation action. individuals suffering potentially criminal sanctions for second amendment rights all the time. $10,000 liquidated damages provision and potentially a fee shifting mechanism on top of it is comparatively mild compared to incar...

Sb-8. >> justice? >> what can you tell us about the state multidistrict litigation? when were -- this law was enacted i believe in the middle of may. but when were the suits filed? where do they stand now? are they being delayed as a result of the federal court litigation? how quickly might we expect to see a decision in that case? >> i can answer some of those questions, your honor. they were filed fairly promptly. i believe just before sb-8's effective date. there are currently 14 of them in a multidistrict lit impags. there's motions for summary judgment within ten days from now. i assume t...

Happening when you see happening in the state of texas, it's not only that people are being denied their right to access abortion but now because there is such a rush to get access outside of the state of texas, it's affecting patients outside of the state of texas in oklahoma and kansas. people are being delayed by weeks because of the texas law. 10% of people of reproductive age live in texas. this is a crisis and it's time. it is way past time. this law has been in effect for two months. people have been denied their constitutional rights for two months. it is past time we need this law to ...

We wait months for a decision here, where the justices would change their position on injunctive relief if someone were to petition again? or is that just a dead letter now? >> it's an unusual case, and unusual things could potentially happen. i think it's tough to predict. there was some questioning this morning of one of the clinic lawyers about whether or not he had asked for an interim remedy, and justice barrett was interested in exploring whether or not unlike doj, which has actually made that request and said that if the court were to find in their favor that the injunction against sb8 ...