two of the plaintiffs in the case. their emergency requests to stop the texas law were denied last night by the supreme court. alexis mcgill is the president and ceo of the planned parenthood federation of america and mark herron is the lead attorney for reproductive rights.org. thank you both for your time. mark, i want to start with you. as joan said, it sounds like the supreme court didn t buy your argument. were you surprised and do you understand their logic when they say there s no injury here? well, let me say first this is a devastating day for patients across texas. clinics are being forced to comply with this six-week ban, which is a near total ban on abortion. patients are calling clinics, desperate, trying to find i know that one of my clients had a call from a rape survivor calling the hotline, trying to get access to abortion, and they had to be turned away because they re too late, they re after six weeks. what the supreme court did last night was essentially allow t
upwards of 26 states that are poised to enact in their state legislatures this year if this law is continued in the courts. so it is outrageous, the fact that there s been no injury, right? what mark is talking about are patients who have been incredibly vulnerable, who now have to travel out of state, who have to find child care, who have to find resources in order to get out of state to get access to their constitutional right, and it is alarming and it is horrific and it is maddening. alexis, one follow up. you tweeted yesterday, to be clear, quote, planned parent head health centers remain open and we re here to help texans navigate in dangerous law. meaning what? i mean are your providers prepared to take on you know, rack up these $10,000 fines to help women who need help? to be clear, planned parenthood centers are open.
human life. that is what this bill is about, plain and simple. samuel lau represents the planned parenthood federation of america. which provides sexual health care he told me what this law will change for women in the state of texas. to put it simply, this means that access to abortion in texasis that access to abortion in texas is nearly impossible for the 7 million women and they say this is a band of abortion, that is before many people know that they are pregnant. and it is an incredibly dark day in texas. it is a very, very hard day for the health care workers and staff and of course, all of the people across texas who are now confronted with incredibly large obstacles that they would like to get an abortion. i5
like to get an abortion. is there any chance of this being overturned at a later stage by the supreme court? we have heard objections from as high up heard objections from as high up as president biden was said that the bill is extreme, warning that it would significantly impair access to abortion care, particularly for low texans and racial income minorities. low texans and racial income minorities- minorities. yeah. we are obviously minorities. yeah. we are obviously disappointed . minorities. yeah. we are i obviously disappointed that minorities. yeah. we are - obviously disappointed that the supreme court did not act to block the law before went into effect today, but they still can and this law we believe to be blatantly unconstitutional in violation of 50 years of precedent. here the united states. planned parenthood and other litigation partners are going to continue to fight this in court and will continue to: the supreme court to block this blatantly unconstitutional law th
this is been in force for a long time and in texas, we protect innocent human life and for years now, for years we have been coming alongside the mothers, providing more funding, more help for expectant mothers, we do notjust forget about them after the child comes along. we want to support those mothers while we protect that innocent human life is that that is what this bill is about, plain and simple. samuel lau is the senior director for advocacy communications at planned parenthood federation of america. hejoins me now live from washington karishma s questions: what does this mean now for women in texas? thank you for having me. to put it simply, this means that accessing abortion in texas is nearly impossible for the 7 million women in texas of reproductive age. as you