Mike pence. And the decision comes as eight states have passed new restrictive abortion laws. This year alone louisiana is expected to pass its abortion law any time now. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams is outside the high court with details on this particular decision. Pete, lets start with whats affected by todays ruling. Reporter right, so there were two provisions of this indiana law. One said that you could not get an abortion based on characteristics of the fetus. And groups that opposed this law said if a woman, for example, knew that her child would happen down syndrome, she would have to carry the pregnancy to term and could not seek an abortion. That is the provision that was struck down by the lower courts which the Supreme Court left intact today, they left intact the Lower Court Rulings that invalidated the provision. The Supreme Court said it was expressing no view on the constitutional merits of that provision, but it simply said that it doesnt normally rule on b