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Weeks which will decide this on a more permanent basis. so, time will tell. but we are feeling much more optimistic right now than we were at this point in time yesterday. >> and senator, what happens in two weeks? who decides this? >> so, this court again as jeffrey was mentioning a moment a ago, it was a temporary restraining order for the next two weeks. she will then autohere more evie from both sides and make a decision of whether to permanently enjoin at least texas right to life, its affiliates, right to life and its affiliates and as jeffrey said, all of the people they have been recru...

Whose feet we need to lay this battle at is the feet of republicans. and democrats do not do that. so, i hope that we see a sense of urgency that we have yet to see. we are not in a collaborative place. we are not in a let me talk to my friend from across the aisle type of place. we need to start utilizing the power that the people gave the democrats, and move forward because we are running out of time. >> now, rena, private companies are fighting back against texas oppressive anti-abortion law, s.b.8 is the title of it. the ride-sharing app, lyft, has issued a statement saying they have creat...

>> the president and ceo alexis mcgill johnson joins us live this morning. ms. johnson thank you so much for being here. really appreciate it. let's start with that court decision we learned about overnight. a win, is it, for your organization? tell us how you came about with this strategy of this temporary restraining order and how it felt to have a judge side with the organization, at least at this point. >> well, look, i mean, it's clear, sb-8 was designed not only to deny texans the right to a abortion that they've been guaranteed for the last almost 50 years, but it also cruelly empowered...

>> as jeffrey said, all of the people that they have been recruiting on basically their snitch website. we believe it blocks all of those parties from filing suit at least for now against planned parenthood under sb-8. >> jeff, i understand you have a question? >> well, i guess, senator davis, the question is, is this just austin? austin is a blue island in a red state. obviously, there are a lot of democrats in the cities in texas, but are you concerned that this is a court ruling that, you know, in the blue island of austin and perhaps some other -- once it starts getting into the appellate ...

Options yet. obviously the courts have become very hostile to women's rights in this area, but i suspect that the pro choice forces in texas will live to fight another day on this issue. >> i want to make sure i'm hearing you right on this, joyce. essentially what you're saying, for instance, if planned parenthood decides to move forward with it's borgs practices, they're then sued by someone in the state of texas, that then is elevated to the supreme court to which the law is challenged because of its constitutionally. that's when they could feasibly see a challenge to this law? >> i think it...