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Afternoon. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> give us your reaction to the ruling on the temporary restraining order. >> sure. it is a very, very, very small victory. to be clear sb-8 is still in effect in texas. it still prohibits anyone from getting an abortion after six weeks which is, frankly, before most people know that they're pregnant. it still allows anyone except for the texas right to life to sue providers, to sue people who helped someone get an abortion, whether that's a friend or a family member helping you access that care. so this is a very, very limited victory. >> just to be c...

Within the last 48 hours? >> this has been a remarkably difficult week for our staff, who are essential workers who have kept our clinics open all throughout this pandemic. this week, they have to sit with patients and look them in the eyes and deny them the very abortion care that they need, that they have decided is the best option for them, with their families and with all of the situations i think all of us are dealing with during this pandemic. many of us have had to make difficult decisions and important decisions about our families and about our education and our work. this is the conte...

Disgusting flagrant abuse of the law, but already in addition to eviscerating abortion rights in texas sent a message about the republican party's to dominate the rest of us. what do you mean by that? >> i think you have to see sb 8 in the context of a republican party that is increasingly individual lantism. whether you're talking about the january 6th insurrection, whether you're talk about a republican candidate in pennsylvania who said he's going to take 20 strong men and remove school board members who had impose a mask mandate. texas also recently passed a law that empowers partisan poll...

Unfortunately. michelle, there's so much here that's sort of rage inducing and the human stakes are of course the most important, women right now in the state of texas right now living in america being denied the constitutionally sanctioned right to an abortion. that's happening as i speak to you. >> yeah. >> and i want to talk about that. go ahead. >> i was going to say briefly, you know, whole women's health, one of the abortion providers in texas talked about they were rushing to -- women were desperate to end their pregnancies. they were doing abortions up until 11:56 on tuesday night beca...

State partners to make sure that we are -- that we have a provider response. we know in many states roe is gone. they have continued with the number of restrictions we've seen just this year, over 600, to strip away access. put in these waiting periods, continue to shame and stigmatize people who are providing abortions and patients themselves. we've seen it during covid. we know what the world looks like without roe. what's dangerous about this particular case is that if we are not able to block sb-8 in texas, if we are not able to block what should be a regular unconstitutional ban, every si...