i mean, when all of us sued texas, you know, back earlier this year, it was before the law went into effect and we said these were going to be the effects if it happened. now the department of justice has the actual testimony about what has happened in the two weeks and they are just heartbreaking stories. it is disappointing that the judge is not going to hear this until the 1st of october because, as you pointed out, that is going to be a whole month that texans have been deprived of their constitutional rights. the harm on the ground is real and severe. i m interested both legally and practically also from what we re learning in our reporting on this and talking to people in the field about how the material effects here are, obviously, happening to texas women seeking abortion and now can t get it because it s effectively outlawed in the state, and abortion providers, health care providers in not just neighboring states that abut texas but states one and two
it s a violation to the constitutional right to get an abortion no matter which of the 50 states you live in. file filing that lawsuit could result in a judge knocking down the texas abortion ban, the filing of that lawsuit does nothing in the short term to put the texas law on pause, to try to stop it while it s litigated in court. now that s changed. in an emergency motion filed shortly before midnight last night the justice department has now asked the judge in this case to temporarily block the enforcement of texas abortion ban. not later at the end of the day when the lawsuit ultimately is resolved b now while the challenges to it are pending. and the doj s filing is filled with these stories about women who had to drive for hours and sell their stuff to try to get an abortion out of state now that it s illegal to get one in the state where they live. the judge tonight scheduled a hearing to decide whether he is going to act on this emergency motion to stop the texas ban to
center. thanks for being here tonight. thank you. and thank you so much, rachel, for beginning with those stories from the motion, because it shows what is happening on the ground the last two weeks that the law has been in effect what do you think of the strength of the justice department s case against the texas ban, and what do you make of this new request for a restraining order, an injunction against enforcing the ban? it seems like the judge is, obviously, going to consider it, but on nobody s idea of a quick timeline? well, it s a very strong case that the department of justice has. they have directly sued texas for violating the constitutional rights of texans. this is a clear violation of the constitution. you cannot ban abortion at six weeks. we have as the department of justice papers made clear 48 years of unbroken precedent about the right of people to make these decisions for themselves.
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so it s a strong case and they filed their motion for preliminary injunction yesterday full of what s actually happened on the ground. i mean, when all of us sued texas, you know, back earlier this year, it was before the law went into effect, and we said these were going to be the effects if it happened. now the department of justice has the actual testimony about what has happened in the two weeks and they are just heartbreaking stories. it is disappointing that the judge is not going to hear this until the 1st of october because, as you pointed out, that is going to be a whole month that texans have been deprived of their constitutional rights. the harm on the ground is real and severe. i m interested both legally and practically also from what we re learning in our reporting on this and talking to people in the field about how the material effects here are, obviously, happening to texas women seeking abortion and now can t get it because it s effectively outlawed in the state, an