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Our constitutional guarantees can not be that fragile, and the supremacy of federal law cannot be that easily subject to manipulation. >> hi, again, everyone. it's 5:00 in new york. a very significant day for the united states supreme court and the future of women's reproductive freedoms in the united states of america today. you just heard u.s. solicitor general arguing before the supreme court against the new law in texas sb-8, that effectively bans all portions in the state. arguing that the law has a chilling effect on abortion providers and that its provision, which you heard there which ...

Happened today is a question whether or not they will overturn sb 8 now or wait six months to do it and i don't know that there was a lot of movement in terms of stopping it right now. but eventually sb 8 will go away. it's the larger issue about a women's right to choose. >> the greater reports abortions fell by half in the first month of this abortion ban. 50% fewer. the law is already having the intended affect. so it's hard to imagine that no matter how this goes, the ultimate ruling, that, you know, conservatives aren't just going to step on the gas and try a similarly clever means of get...

Months ago to the day and the supreme court said let the texas law take effect. here they said we'll let the main law take effect, but these are not what are called decisions on the merit. supreme court hasn't totally blessed it. that's something they decide later after the case is fully ventilated and briefed. >> well, to the case you just mentioned, the u.s. supreme court. today is expected to take up two challenges to the most restrictive abortion regulation in the country. the texas law that has virtually ended abortions in the state. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has the la...

Defy any supreme court precedent it doesn't like by delegating enforcement to a private individual. >> we know the mississippi case deals directly with implications to roe v. wade but this is far and wide implications. this is part of a brief filed by 120 former prosecutors and judges essentially reiterated what melissa said. states could potentially empower private bounty hunters to enforce not merely a ban but also any enactment at odds with settled federal law. is that the real risk here? >> it is the risk here. this case is as everyone has pointed out not about the constitutionality of abo...

Not appropriate. that is probably the best hope that people who support the idea of abortion who want access to abortion in the state of texas have in thwarting this law. >> there was another moment that stuck out where clarence thomas asked stone about what would be considered an injury under sb-8. this is important. listen to this. >> what would that injury be in this under sb-8, if it's an injury, in fact? >> one example would be a injure suffered in the tort of outrage where an individual becomes aware of an abortion and suffers the same emotional harm that would ground an article 3 injury...