the supreme court this week leaving in place a near total ban on abortion in texas and limiting challenges to the law in lower courts. the center for reproductive rights president calling it, quote, one of the most disgraceful decisions in supreme court history. >> essentially the supreme court said we can't sue judges, we can't sue clerks. we can't sue the attorney general. we can't get the lawsuits blocked and the lawsuits are what are making it impossible for the clinics to open because this law allows anybody to sue anywhere in the world against the clinics in texas. the supreme court is basically cut off the most effective way to get this law blocked statewide. >> around one in ten women of child bearing age live in texas, and their average drive to an abortion clinic is 14 times longer under the new law. joining me now democratic