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Reporting, in his 113-page ruling, robert pitman, a federal district court judge in austin sided with the biden administration, which had sued to halt a law that has changed the landscape of the abortion fight and further fueled the national debate over whether abortion will remain legal across this country. judge pitman called out the law, sb8, and deputizes private citizens to sue anyone helping a woman get an abortion. from his searing opinion, quote, a person's right under the constitution to choose to obtain an abortion prior to fetal viability is well established. fully aware that depriv...

Ruling u.s. district judge robert pittman wrote, quote a person's right under the constitution to choose to obtain an abortion proud to fight viability as well established. fully aware the depriving its citizens of this right by direct state action would be fragrantly unconstitutional, the state contrived an unprecedented and transparent statutory scheme, to do just that. texas has already appealed this federal judges order, to one of the nation's most conservative appellate courts. also tonight we are just hours from a major deadline in the house, investigation into the one six riot and insur...

U.s. supreme court. that said, what happens in the district court very important. enormous win for the biden administration. enormous blow for the texas law here. >> so then the judge directly addressed this novel enforcement scheme, which that's one of the things that made it difficult, right, for getting around the enforcement of it. individual citizens empowered to go after abortion providers and others who help women get abortions. what did he say about that? >> when you read this, it is striking. the language is very district. he pulled no punches. depriving citizens of this right by dire...

Appointee, he saw through what texas was trying to do and writes this in part, fully aware that depriving its citizens of this right by direct state action would be flagrantly unconstitutional, meaning the right to abortion, the state contrived an unprecedented and transparent statutory scheme to do just that. but the judge went on to note the reality on the ground here for women in texas is that women are still getting abortions. they're just not getting them in texas. women who have the means and opportunity and the money can travel across state lines to places like louisiana and oklahoma to...

113-page opinion and order tonight, texas federal judge robert pittman says, a person's right under the constitution to choose to obtain an abortion prior to fetal viability is well established. fully aware that deprives its citizens of this right by direct state action would be fragrantly unconstitutional, the state contrived an unprecedented and transparent statutory scheme to do just that. judge pittman issued an injunction barring the enforcement of the new texas law saying it is ordered that the state of texas including its officers, officials, agents, employees, and any other persons or ...