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tonight, texas abortion providers are still waiting to hear from the supreme court after asking the justices late last week to expedite a review of the state law that blocks abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. the law went into effect september 1st but the federal appeals court hearing the challenge has set a tentative hearing for december. and the abortion providers are asking the justices to in effect step in and decide a key issue in the case now, instead of waiting for the appeals court to weigh in. now, that s one of the issues now that some see as an assault on women s rights, anita hill joins us now for her take. she s been fighting for women since she testified for an all-male senate panel 30 years ago led by then-senator joe biden about supreme court justice clarence thomas. she accused thomas of sexual harassment. he denied any wrongdoing. hill is now a law and lawyer and professor writing about that and more in her new book that goes on sale tomorrow.

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